Critique Post: For this critique I am still working with the line technique that I came up with at the beginning of the semester. I feel that I am starting to get the hang of it more now. These pieces are all still work in progresses because I am still working with this technique and seeing where I can take. During the last critique we talked about how I could use the black base with the white line work on top of it, like I did with the hummingbird, as a symbol of death or that something is no longer. While I was creating the hummingbird piece for the last critique I did think of it symbolizing death in some way. I have decided to try and work with this and see what I can create with it. I decided to use an image of my horseback riding team standing in front of our old barn, Hilltop Stables. A majority of us grew up running around this barn and it holds a very special place in each of our hearts. I basically lived at this barn for half of my life and I learned how to ride horses here. The barn was torn down about two years ago, because the land was sold to realtors who wanted to develop it into a strip mall of some sorts. It may sound silly to be so emotionally attached to a piece of land and especially a hole-in-the-wall barn, but it was hard and heartbreaking having to move out of this barn, when I had spent so much time there and basically considered it my home. There is a great sense of loss that is shown with this image, which is why I thought it would be perfect to use for this critique. I am planning on creating more pieces that represent loss or death in my life for the next critique using this style. The other two images that I have for this critique are also using the line work, but I have kept the whole photograph more the most part in the piece. I was really happy with how the flowers turned out for my last critique so I decided to do another one that is similar. I used a thinner line, which I feel adds a little more detail to the image as a whole. I wrestled back and forth with the chipmunk image, because I couldn’t decide it I wanted to show it how it is now or with the chipmunk in black with only the white line-work showing. I decided to keep the image of the chipmunk present, because I like the stylized and the flatness feel that is given off when looking at it. Another reason why did decided not to make the chipmunk black is because the chipmunk is not dead, at least not to my knowledge, so it wouldn’t make much since to make it black when it is still alive. Artist Post:
I am have chosen to write about Sylvia Schultze this time! Through out the semester she has been showing us the progress that she has made on her fruitful forms. I think that is awesome that she is making pieces like these. Pittsburg needs a little enlightenment in this area of the art world. Her pieces are not extremely in your face, but they are still able to get the point across very well. I can’t wait to see them all set up for her senior show. I am also looking forward to seeing how her hands turn out that she is working on that will hold the fruits. Here is her blog: http://sschultze3.wix.com/sylviaschultze
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