sale on Itoya presentation cases

Hi Classmates. In case anyone is interested, I found a 50% discount on Itoya presentation cases at www.carpediemstore.com. These are the same presentation cases I was looking at at Rainbow arts for full price. Shipping wasn't cheap, but I still saved money overall.

artist statement (finally)

I have a daily urge to create something...anything. I’d almost consider it a sickness I can’t mend. I’ve dabbled in different mediums from graphite, clay, photography, jewelry making to watercolor, mask making, charcoal and paints. I can’t say I’ve narrowed that down over the years, but my current medium of choice is oil & acrylic paints, and charcoal. I love the challenge of a portrait, the freedom of abstract art, the beauty in a landscape, and imagination that gets transitioned into a work of art. I draw inspiration from music, people, books, travel, movies, and bizarre dreams that wake me up in a sweat. I’m still searching, yet always learning and challenging myself artistically and varying in style until I find exactly what it is I’m meant to do. Whatever I’m dying to get out of my system, I just take a raw canvas and go from there.

ARTIST STATEMENT

As an artist, I've done portrait, abstract and collage paintings. I enjoy doing collage paintings the most. The advantage of doing a collage painting is that the cut-outs of several images give me a wide option to create my own design. It is exciting when I can create a scene by using images that are not specifically a scene. I like to cut out random pieces of images and paste them together with other images to create a unified image. I always use oil for my medium, because i think it is easier to blend and fix than other mediums that dry fast. I normally spend about 3 to 4 weeks in a collage painting. I think it takes longer than doing an abstract painting because collage painting incorporates more images. Also because I combine my own images, I then paint them in a way that unifies them in color, value and composition.

Joanna Spicer's Artist Statement

Photography has always been very special to me. I believe it makes you look at the world in a whole new light. It allows you to see the beauty that may normally pass you by. 

I began shooting my own photography in my early teens. I didn't have the best camera, or knowledge, but I worked with what I had at the time. I was constantly reading about photography and looking to others for inspiration. 

After many years I finally found my own personal style. I like to capture a distinct emotion in a photograph, whether it be a person, or landscape. I don't like to do much editing to my photos, because I believe they are the most beautiful in their natural state. I am constantly trying to create images that have never been seen before. I believe I bring something to the table that is unique. 

Danielle A's Artist Statement

I like to think of my work as larger than life because I try to amplify what people miss on an everyday basis.

My subjects are typically portraits. I strive to capture someone perfectly. I mostly work from old pictures of friends and family because I enjoy capturing memories. Occasionally I will do a simple posed painting of a person but I prefer having my subject in a candid moment. It’s just more interesting.

Oil paint allows me the flexibility of a lengthy drying time. I like having the option to step away from my piece when I get too frustrated to like what I produce and be able to pick up right where I left off instead of having to start over again.

My pieces tend to run rather large in size because I feel it allows me to capture my subjects in a more detailed manner. Some of the normally unnoticed details that are equally important get lost when you work small.

Hallie Edlund

I began creating art through drawing and through the years have diversified through many fields of creativity. I work in medias such as collage, bookmaking, printmaking, charcoal, watercolor, photography, and oil paint. I have received such awards as 1st place in the State level of the Reflections Art Contest in 2000 for the theme of “Suddenly I turned around and my friend was there to comfort me.” I have also placed at several school art shows, including several 1st place awards for oils paintings at the Westminster High School Student Art Show.

Currently, I am more concentrated on printmaking and collage art. I have created several large scale collage portraits out of magazine and paper. I use small squares and patches of color to create a more painterly effect when viewed from afar. The prints I create tend to have an animal theme and a humorous overtone. I like to use bright colors in my art to bring some of myself into my work.

Artist Statement

Art has always been a very personal experience to me. My mother is, and always will be, my inspiration to be an artist. She has made it her living for more than 20 years. Although the road has certainly been rocky at times she has never given up. My art is nothing like my mothers but she has taught me everything I know.
All of my art starts off on paper, whether in one of my many sketchbooks or on a napkin. List's of words fill the paper of possible ideas and soon it will come to me. As a art student, I have not produced a lot of finished pieces for myself but have enjoyed countless projects assigned to me. Everything around me inspires my work, my family, my friends, my environment, all of which make my art my own.
In the years I have been an art student I have explored many different mediums. One technique that I have grown to love is working with watercolor and with pen and ink. My watercolor pieces have a more playful, cheerful look. I am always picking up children books and admiring the illustrations. Another technique I have recently been interested in is the more graphic art.
I hope to explore many other forms of art in my life and hope to continue doing what has come very easy to me. Although personal to me, I hope to touch others with my work.

Artist Statement

I have been creating art that is very personal to me and that I can make a connection with. Whether it is created to help remind me of something personal in my life, or just something interesting that I enjoy. My work is often based from pictures that I had taken, mostly landscapes. One technique that I like is to create a painting using no black or white for the darks and lights. I like to use color in a very expressive way, always trying to gain the observers attention. Im my digital art works, I like to try and use many different layers, finding a good balance in color and textures. High contrast in the images helps to create something that is eye catching and helps to draw in the viewer to the greater detail within. Along with being interested in art, music is another huge interest of mine, which shows from time to time in my work. I am always trying to discover new ways to discover new ways to use materials in order to be more expressive.