Louise Shye: Artist Statement Revised

To me, art is an expression of the artist’s innermost feelings that come straight from the heart. It is there that an artist will find inspiration.

My inspiration for my work as a photographer is fueled by my passions for horses and the rugged, natural beauty of the places where they are found and the people who are surrounded by them.  I find myself continually awed by the rustic texture that is so prevalent in the vast western ranch culture.  Thus, I am driven to capture it with my camera and share this rich culture with the world.

This western ranch culture has become engrained within my personal persona. Although it is immense, and often grand, there is also an underlying subtleness that escapes the average traveler.  So, with my photography I strive to show the subtle detail through my images that are often unnoticed by the casual observer. These are the smaller details of a lifestyle that are only noticed if one has experienced it.

Although photography is thought to capture only the visual sense that is seen through the lens of the camera, I try to have my audience experience multiple sensory inputs when they view my images.  My goal is to capture the touch of a horse’s muzzle, the sound of a gentle breeze and the warmth of the morning sun as it rises over the prairie.  In my work, I strive to provide my audience the same experience that I am sensing as an actual eye witness.

    

Lizzie Charboneau: Revised Artist Statement

I feel like the people of my generation are in between two ages, one before the boom of corporations and technology, and one that is purely run by technology and large corporations. When attempting to create art that is new and provoking without being overly exposed, I look to society to find something that drives our current community, and I found that it all came back to an underlying of corporation based entertainment or mental service. I then decided to put this into some of my work, which I like to call, “Corrupted Corporate.”

In this line of work, I am taking well known large corporate symbols and altering them to represent the real, mostly denied result of the use or the effects of the product. I like to find the ultimate extreme result of the product or corporations have on our society. Since our society is so focused on the next hip new thing, and these things tend to be not so good for our health; both mental and physical, I like to build large replicas of these iconic symbols with subtle, yet recognizable differences to the iconic image to allow the viewer to find the hidden results that come out of the overuse and the takeover of large corporations, and allow them to find their own connection to the product being represented. 

Carolyn Buss - Three Works and Artist Statement

Peony Surprise: Chased and Roll Printed Sterling Silver with Enameled Copper

Carolyn Buss, Peony Surprise. 2012. Sterling Silver, Enameled Copper.

Dorothy Parker Brooch

Dorothy Parker: Tribute to a Witty Demise, Carolyn Buss. 2011. NuGold, #2 Pencil, Vintage Typewriter Keys, Steel Wire

Dorothy Parker: Tribute to a Witty Demise (Back), Carolyn Buss. 2011. NuGold, #2 Pencil, Vintage Typewriter Keys, Steel Wire 

Lily Pad Dish

Lily Pad Dish. Hand Built. Stoneware. 2012.

Small details matter to me. The ant has feet and those feet have toes and those toes grip tightly to the peony flower which the ant so desperately clings to. All he wants is a little nectar. I became enamored with Japanese design and the abstraction of already beautiful forms into something similar but captured the flowing essence of it. 

Capturing the essence of the subject is part of my larger ideal in my artwork, whether that is photography, jewelry, or ceramics.

Jewelry allows the wearer to express to the viewer a different point of view, a little window into a different soul, whether that is mine, the wearer's or even the viewer's, that is up to, you guessed it, the viewer. Metal is a strange, unforgiving, yet patient material. 

Ceramics allow to the distill the physical characteristics in objects and nature that I enjoy into something I've made; something I have made that I truly enjoy using and looking at in use. One might say I am utilitarian when it comes to ceramic.

Photography is somewhat new, but I found that I absolutely love taking portraits. Portraits allow me to get to know someone in a different way, to see their beauty in another fashion, and photography allows people to take a piece of themselves with them, and to show others.

Tyler Karavias - Artist Statement (updated)

I think I'd like to consider myself a graphic artist more than a fine artist, meaning I use the computer in most of my work. My main focus is photography, and how far I can push photography digitally. "How can I make photography abstract, surreal, psychedelic, optical, confusing or disorienting?" Those are questions I ask myself when I try and make art. Why? Becasue we all have influences, and whether we do it subtly or not, we make art that looks like the art we like. Those styles of art appeal to me most. If you don't like the art you ar making, why make the art? I make art for myself most of the time, simply to ammuse myself. All I can hope for is the rest of the world enjoys it too.

Artist Statement

My style of artwork, that I create, is focused on works of art that emulates a serial world filled with abstract imagery, vivid colors and visual vocabulary. I believe I can capture this by taking my interests and twisting then into a captivating visual experience.

My main focuses are in Photography, Ceramics, Installation and Craftwork. I love creating work that deals with all four of these aspects in Mix Media works of art. For my subject matter I like to examine nature, technology, the human form, and utilitarian objects in my artwork.  After I decide on what my focus will be I attack it for all different angels until if find the exact right way to showcase the message that I want my work to portray. A famous artist once said, “Art is what you can get away with” Andy Warhol. I agreed with statement and I love that fact that art is subjective. I do not expect everyone to love my artwork, but I always strive to make artwork that is captivating to variety of different of audiences.

With my artwork I am continually pushing it to be bigger and better then every before. I hope to accomplish this by continuing to show my work and learning from my accomplishment and constructive feed back. 

04.16.2012

Kaily May

Revised Artist Statement

Artist statement revised:

Art is PASSION; Art is Energy; ART is my life! Art is just as vital to people as the air we breathe and the blood which runs through our veins. Those who have the artistic gift are very different from the rest of mankind.  We (artist) have something special, we have the ability to touch people spiritually, with the use of something physical, for me it's my hands and my voice. Everyone experiences stress, has a past, and lives with a degree personal hell. Some have had a easy road, others have had a rocky/traumatic path which they have had to endure. Life as we know it is all about lessons, and sharing knowledge; What we see and learn along the way, as well as who crosses our path and how we can relate to them. All of these things have meaning and provide a foundation for art to be built upon. As a survivor of abuse, I find that creating art as well as singing, and laughter are all very therapeutic. I love being able to see humor and irony in a situation and capture it on film. Seeing things in a new or different perspective is also interesting to me. I like taking "close up" pictures, and that of other unusual perspectives. At this point in my life I desperately seek serenity and tranquility, I try to project that emotion upon the viewer of my paintings.

artist statement

I appoligise, somehow or another I did not publish my first statement, I only saved it as a draft.

      I believe that art starts as a spiritual energy, which is created by the artist into a physical creation.  Energy of an artist is as unique as the individual who creates it. Therefore the vision (which can only be seen within the imagination of the creator) is brought to life through their hands. I see the world through different eyes than the average human being, I am inspired by the natural colors, textures, sights, sounds and smells that our world provides. I like to create art which inspire emotion, and moves the soul.  My artistic skills consist of painting, photography, drawing, metalsmithing, sculpture and music.

Revised Statement- Tiffany

I create work because I find life to be extremely chaotic, from places to be, things to do and accomplish, to expectations to uphold, our attention is always being torn between multiple things. In my process of making art I use my need to find a balance to enhance what I am making. When viewing my work, what meets the eye I find to be simple and uniform but with a closer investigation or further knowledge unveils the structured concept. Whether that message is about my Native American heritage, or the history behind my use of material, it is broadcast in a non-threatening way. The materials I use to create my work is where my conceptual basis stems. I want my work to encourage people to seek further knowledge of the topic I am addressing without it being force fed to them.  In my ceramic work I focus on utilitarian objects, things people have a very hands on relationship with and place pieces of Native American in culture in their hands wether it is with the design or an indigenous material from the Yakama Reservation.

Sparkle Joy Arroyo New artist statement

My name is Sparkle Joy Arroyo and I am currently a post bac senior currently working towards my BFA.

My art is about combining materials, some found some created and integrating them into different organic shapes and forms. It is my hope that by combining different approaches to art I will be able to go beyond having a talent gained by practice in a craft or hobby and into being able to create 3 dimensional works that are about more than just useful items. I want to shy away from creating works that are kitsch or cliché and focus more on creating art that is important to this generation. I have always loved creating artful things with my hands, but had only the opportunity to do so with fabric, yarn and thread before taking art classes; which is why I believe I truly enjoy the art of ceramics.

I want to create art that will touch the world and withstand the trials of time within it. I like creating things that are abstract, and I love painting landscapes. I love things that don’t have a specific answer as to what it is supposed to be. Painting allows me to look at things up close, and I enjoy drawing because it helps me to design. I enjoy the free form of creativity that ceramics gives, but I don’t only focus on art in that medium. 

 

New Artist Statement - hedy

If time stops sequentially along an objects kinetic energy path to render visual slices of time, the potential of future actions and past actions are assumed most indefinitely and micro-movements are seen.  If time stops sequentially along the path of an objects potential energy, a macro-movement would be seen in visual slices of time and no past or future actions are assumed.  I like to define, in 3-D, visual slices of time caught in gestures of potential and actual action.  Because all objects poses potential or kinetic energy, I am able to say that any art form I render can be conjoined within this theory.  Hey, come on, I'm a student so my focus right now is to learn the mechanisms and concept that each individual piece is portraying to its audience.

ART 495

Assistant Professor: Stephen Robison, Department of Art

Office: Randal 148

Office Hours: Mon & Wed and By Appointment

Meeting Place: Randall 124

Time: Monday 12:00-1:00

Email: robisons@cwu.edu

Class Blog: http://art495cwu.blogspot.com/

Course Description:

Preparation of a professional portfolio and presentation of a body of work suitable for exhibition.  This is the description in the catalog. However you will be focusing on professional development tools such as a website or blog, an artist statement, a resume, documenting your work and applying to shows. Other course content will contain issues relevant to gallery representation, marketing, and presentation.

Requirements:

You are required to post your three best pieces in your portfolio, your resume and your artist statement in the art495 blog.

You will also be required to create your own blog or website that will contain your portfolio, resume and artist statement.

You will be required to enter one juried show.

You will need to comment on a peer’s  artist statement.

Printed hard copies of your website will need to be turned in to receive credit for the class. This is a pass or fail class, so the grade is simple. Do the four requirements and pass the class.

Kelli Perletti Artist Statement

To make art is to express vision, feeling, opinion and viewpoint. My art is very wrapped up in human identity, and trying to convey how we identify ourselves and others. The individual in relationship to life experience, social constructs, and self-image completely fascinate me and fuel my work. 

Through photography, I typically shoot female models in a confined psychological space, always solo and vulnerable in one way or another. I aim to express female identity and psychological distress as a result of our societal pressures. This work also ties into performance pieces of a similar nature, exploring the ideas of sexuality, gender identification, and social expectation. Other areas explored through photography include the relationship between identity and family/childhood identity. 

Through sculpture, I express similar ideas of psychological distress related to sexuality and identity. My sculpture work typically contains found objects and other non-traditional material, including human hair, nylon, trash, etc. Another aspect I am incorporating into my latest sculpture work is sound. 

In the future, I plan to explore sound and performance as well as installation pieces to further explore identity and psychological spaces through art. 

Artist Statement - Lisa Ortman

            Ever since I can remember I’ve been making art out of everything I could get my hands on, whether It was painting, sculpting, carving, drawing, photographing, creating, or building, I loved doing it. From the wide range of mediums I love working with, I feel the most inspired and free to create when working on a painting, handbuilding with ceramics, or designing.         

            I’m passionate about ceramics and enjoy the medium for many reasons, the ancient history and traditions it holds, the hands-on sculpting of earth materials into durable time holding artwork, and all the different directions you can go with it.  I find myself mainly creating handbuilt architectural/design pieces. I’ve always been drawn to architecture and design so I find it really exciting to be able to put my ideas together in ceramic pieces.

            I really enjoy painting because you can express so much through it, depending on the colors used, brush strokes or style.  My paintings all seem to have a common theme, many bright-varied colors. I am a very cheerful person, so through my paintings I like to depict a happier mood and feeling, no matter what the theme may be.  Lately I’ve really enjoyed painting nature scenery, while highlighting and exaggerating the brighter colors.  

Carolyn Buss - Artist Statement

I want to make real to others the way I experience the world around me. Often in my day-to-day life, I look sometimes too far into the details.  I notice the two different textures on my computer monitor; the elegant and minimalist design of my iPhone.  I note the mechanical problems in my computer speakers (they easily fall over because the bottoms of them are rounded and not squared).  I also note how I could fix it.
Metalwork has been my focus since 2002, but as I began my final descent into my BFA, I began working in other materials.  My focuses became metals, ceramics and photography.  Each of these medium have great potential, allowing infinite avenues of expression, both individually and together.
Becoming a good jeweler came first; my ideas were based in design, with minimal content; what drove me more then was color, contrast and movement.  Today I am still quite driven by color, contrast and movement, but instead of merely trying to invoke those things, I am working toward invoking those elements and allowing the viewer to have a connection with the pieces because of it.
My current metalwork has had to do with insects, self-reflection and surprise.  I greatly enjoy the idea of someone turning over my piece, which might seem nice, but perhaps boring, then seeing the other side and being shocked at the other side.  Or enthralled.  Or baffled.  Or in awe.  I would even take offended, scared or disgusted, as long as you have a reaction at all.
My work in ceramics has focused on construction and understanding the clay. I like to create minimalist works, and am influenced by the Finnish modern and contemporary works.  I am inspired by utilitarian works, and also pottery from China and Japan.
Photography is something I picked up because I like to capture the world around me.  I like to capture the way we, as in humans, work and to capture those moments of work in a digital format.  If I were to choose a favorite, I would say portraits are my favorite to photograph, along with small-scale object photography.  I love shallow depth of field, I love how it makes the item(s) in focus really pop!

Louise Shye: Artist Statement

Art is an expression of the artist’s innermost feelings that come straight from the heart. It is there that an artist will find inspiration.

My inspiration for my work as a photographer is fueled by my passions for horses and the rugged, natural beauty of the places where they are found and the people who are surrounded by them.  I find myself continually awed by the rustic texture that is so prevalent in the vast western ranch culture.  Thus, I am driven to capture it with my camera and share this rich culture with the world.

This western ranch culture has become engrained within my personal persona. Although it is immense, and often grand, there is also an underlying subtleness that escapes the average traveler.  So, with my photography I strive to show the subtle detail through my images that are often unnoticed by the casual observer. These are the smaller details of a lifestyle that are only noticed if one has experienced it.

Although photography is thought to capture only the visual sense that is seen through the lens of the camera, I try to have my audience experience multiple sensory inputs when they view my images.  My goal is to capture the touch of a horse’s muzzle, the sound of a gentle breeze and the warmth of the morning sun as it rises over the prairie.  In my work, I strive to provide my audience the same experience that I am sensing as an actual eye witness. 

 

Artist Statement

I arrange, destroy, and reconstruct mundane objects into sculptural forms and then I photograph them. I like to take utilitarian objects and strip them from their intentions and manipulate them into something purely aesthetic. The goal is to engage the viewer in a conversation about the representation of objects as material and form.

Artist Statement Ting Yi Yu

I’m not saying that I’m good on the computer, but I have passion for being a Graphic Designer. I am in love with playing the typography and color theory. Every project that I did has variety fonts and colors, which make me feel challenging and exciting. I try to make my design looks as simple as a sign. Something you can tell with imagery instead of text. I’m enjoying conveying messages through something besides text. The goal of my work is to communicate with clients by using image, creation of design and typography skill.

Lizzie Charboneau: Artist Statement

I feel like the people of my generation is in between two ages, one before the boom of corporations and technology, and one that is run by technology and large corporations. When attempting to create art that is new, and provoking without being overly exposed, I looked to society to find something that is drives our current community, and I found that it all came back to an underlying of corporation based entertainment. I then decided to put this into some of my work, which I like to call, “Corrupted Corporate.”

In this line of work, I am taking well known large corporate symbols and altering them to represent the reality of the result of the use or the effects of the product. I like to find the ultimate extreme result of the product or corporations have on our society. Since our society is so focused on the hip new thing, and these things tend to not be good for our health, I like to build large replicas of these iconic symbols with subtle, yet recognizable differences to the image to allow the viewer to find the hidden results that come out of the overuse and the takeover of large corporations.

A L Etter's Artist Statement

Creating things with my hands has always been an aspiration of mine. I decided a few years ago that it was a craving that was not fleeting and against all of my family’s wishes I would obtain a degree in the arts. I attended South Puget Sound Community College from the ages of 16 to 19; I finished my Associates degree at the age of 18, and spent the next year in the arts exploring different mediums and gaining experience before I attended Central.  Though my work has contained many different styles and subjects, I have slowly been working towards strictly nature-influenced work.

As a child I was always interested in learning about the things around me. I spent more time alone exploring the world and observing as much as I could. I preferred to watch things like the Discovery Channel and read my dad’s National Geographic than playing with other girls my age.  Before I was able to read, I would find all the nature books I could and look at the pictures for hours.

My work ranges from portrayals of landscapes to close examinations of plants, animals, and people. I especially enjoy creating works of art containing various marine organisms. I tend to portray lesser-known animals. I aspire to become a scientific illustrator when I am all said and done with school, focusing oceanic fauna. By using my knowledge of these animals, I am able to recreate them, whether it is in metals, drawing, painting, or sculpture and put them in the public’s view. My goal is to educate people, to give them a chance to see and learn something new; to at least glimpse some of the things that keep me in awe, even if it is my artwork and not the actual creature.  

Reece Carlson- Artist Staement

Inspiration comes in a variety of form to me. My inspiration comes from the world. In a more specific manner, it comes from the facts that are true, but are not well known, or sometimes even relevant to any part of someone’s obvious life. Things like statistics and new discoveries in science are one of my biggest inspirations. I find the effects that certain knowledge have on people to be even more interesting that the facts themselves. Reactions are what makes the world interesting. 

Artist Statement Patrick Mahoney

I have always been interested in visual stimulation of all sorts, but the photographic medium has attracted me the most. I enjoy and try to create in my own works, pieces that have highly defined depictions and concepts through versatile subject matter. It is particularly important to have the ability to depict different subject matter, through a constant and representative mode that is pertinent to my own personal style. I apply this very critically to my own photographs, and therefore try to shoot photographs of anything and everything. Whether black and white, macro or aerial, these effective photographs stand out to me and always have. Working mostly digitally, this defined and representative style is highly important for my work, as digital photography has become increasingly popular over the past decade. Recently I have been shooting mountain landscapes, focusing specifically on the rendering of snow contour and texture.

Artist Statement- Mariana Miller

When art is critiqued the two questions that are always asked of the artist is “ What have you made” and “Why?” The “what” is usually obvious to the viewer, but explaining why the piece was made could take years to develop.

Coming from Columbia Basin College and doing the majority of my art studies at Central Washington University, I have had the chance to explore and work with a range of artistic mediums. Before I had arrived to the University I was very single minded. I knew what kind of art I liked as well as what I didn’t care for. I only wanted to work with two-dimensional mediums and completely avoid anything three-dimensional. Very soon I realized that an artist must open their mind to everything and follow the guidelines of a Renaissance man.

The “what” in my work comes from what I see. I am inspired by much more than painted images. Techniques, color, and form are the principles that dictate my motivation to learn and conduct research for more information. I am influenced by the imagery of the unconscious in surrealistic work but swayed by the color palette of the great Renaissance and Baroque painters. The subject matter that repeats in my thoughts involves the human anatomy. Even if a human figure is distorted in a body of work, there are key components that are universally recognized and therefore create a connection between the viewer and the piece. I have been driven since high school to portray humanoids in a manner that both interests and disturbs the viewer.

My “why” has been the most recent development. Interest in the human body went into a deeper exploration to find what I paid attention to for my inspiration. My work now revolves around the make-up of emotion and the human response to emotion. By the use of psychologically symbolic colors and expression I hope to convey narratives that the viewer can connect with.

Tyler Karavias Artist Statement

I think I'd like to consider myself a graphic artist more than a fine artist. Though I dabble in graphic design and illustration, my main focus is photography, and how far I can push photography digitally. "How can I make photography abstract, surreal, psychedelic, optical, confusing or disorienting?" Those are questions I ask myself when I try and make art. Why? Becasue we all have influences, and whether we do it subtly or not, we make art that looks like the art we like. Those styles of art appeal to me most. If you don't like the art you ar making, why make the art? I make art for myself most of the time, simply to ammuse myself. All I can hope for is the rest of the world enjoys it too.

Artist Statement-Nate Thomas

            I am involved in crafting both two- and three-dimensional works. It is far easier to become lost in the process of imagining and crafting work than to explain it verbally. Painting with light, or photography, is an intellectually and spiritually stimulating pursuit because its source, light, is intrinsically linked with the photograph’s final form. Light can simultaneously impact one’s vision and light-sensitive material or image sensor in a photographic device, alluring and challenging me. Making use of photographic technology is now something of an oppressive, overplayed exercise, yet I am attracted to its meditative possibilities that so often go unemployed. Here I must mention painters like Piet Mondrian and Mark Rothko. But, photographically and conceptually, I should also reference David Maisel’s aerial photographic landscapes as influential to my thoughts and work.

            Beyond images, the physical experience with dimensional hardwoods is also a contemplative and introspective activity. Crafting objects is a different experience than imagemaking, as are the final products. To process my own dispositions, I must employ studies in both two- and three-dimensional media. I do make objects and photographs to learn about myself, but I present my work to others to allow them the same luxury. The prevailing idea in my work is meditation, for true thought and reflection are in many ways not commonplace. I intend my work to provide one with chances to quiet oneself and imagine, reflect, dream, or ponder.