Collection #6

Infini, by Fabiola Govare, 2012, 100x81, paint on aluminum plate, lacquered finish

Fabiola Govare used to be a dancer, and that is how he fell in love with painting, because of the movement. His whole website is in French so I had to use Google Translator to figure out what it said. He has a passion for art and he loves to use color in all of his paintings. When I see all the faces with all the different colors it represents diversity and culture to me. It is all beautiful.

Scary Art

Friday in class we looked at a slideshow of scary art. Honestly I don't really like art that is scary but pretty, appealing art. But there is something about things that are weird that you can't look away.

I came across an artist named Francesco Sambo who is from Italy and a digital artist. He has a series called Bestiario, that has 9 human/animal collaberations. He makes the human body look so animalesk it's weird, but very interesting.

He also did a series called the dark side where he has pictures of weird alien hoolow eyed babies which all have something creepy going on. Ones a clown, one has a chain around its neck, one has a knife, They are all very creepy but very well rendered.

The more of his art I see the creepier it gets. He also has a collection called Masquerade, which is all kinds of creepy tatooed guys in masks doing creepy things. In the one picture the man is licking a huge knife.

And the last collection of his I'm going to share is his self portraits. They are not the run of the mill self portraits though. They are dark and weird!

Even though this man is dark and creepy, He is definitly an artist who has an amazing imagination. I would  never be able to think of the things he does. It makes you wonder how sane this person is.

Collection #5

I fell in love with this painting at first sight! It is beautiful and colorful and has texture. The patterns of the flowers are amazing.

Its title is Flowers for Jolie. It is painted in acrylic on a wood panel by a artist from South Caroline named Lulie Wallace.

This artist studied art at the College of Charleston, which is the school my twin sister goes too!All of her paintings are of flowers in vases and they all are bright and colorful with unique patterns!

Here is her website: http://luliewallace.bigcartel.com/category/painting

The Blind Artist

This week I wasn't sure what to write about but decided to write about blind artists. Especially a man named John Bramblitt, who was left blind at age 30 from complications of epiletsy. He was so depressed for a while after it happened, but then learned to paint. Art turned his world around, he could tell the difference of colors by the texture and had a lot of emotion to put into his painting. He can feel a persons face and be able to paint them very close even though he never saw them before.

Here is a video if him talking about his art and shows some of it: http://www.cbsnews.com/2100-18563_162-20037973.html


And here is some of his work and a picture of him teaching younger kids his techniques

This goes to show you that just because someone may have a disability doesn't mean they can't be a artist. John Bramblitt is very talented and he wasn't blind until he was 30 and before that he had no idea how to paint. His paintings are very colorful and filled with emotion!

His story is amazing!

Collection #4

I'm in Charleston, SC for Spring Break. So I decided to collect something from here for this week. I've been walking by a lot of galleries but haven't had much time to go look around, so instead I looked up the local artists on Etsy. Her name is Faith Evans-Sills and she grew up in New York City, but her dream was to live on the ocean and paint so she moved to Charleston.

This is called Our Love and was done on 14 by 11 canvas.

The artist wrote this poem about her husband when painting it.

::Our love is....

a soul mirror,
life's sweet blossom,
my sun and moon,
a gentle touch,
a refining fire,
a soothing balm,
my thoughts echo,
a cleansing elixir,
resounding friendship,
the warmest embrace,
an honest reflection,
God's gift,
a deep gaze,
a joyful breath,
wild abandon,
a safe haven,
a counter balance,
a quenching well,
a quiet whisper,
my candle's light.::

UB Anderson Gallery

Last friday we went to the Anderson Gallery. It was hidden away in a unsuspecting place but very established! I was sick this day so didn't spend any extra time to walk around afterwords but luckily we had a good tour! We learned Martha Jackson really was the person to make this gallery so succesful in the first place. Back in World War II art scene she was one of the most well known art dealers around. She is from Buffalo, and she used her families trust funds to start her art collection which she would sell and buy more to get the collection around today.


In 1990 the Anderson Galley was opened. When Anderson retired in 2000 it was donated to UB, where it continue to be a educational gallery with many historical and new pieces arriving!

When I was there we saw three artists; Chunwoo Nam, Kevin B O'Callahan, and Harold Cohen, as well as an exhibit called Craven's World with artifacts and art peices from all different times and places that bring our world together!

Chunwoo Nam  was an Asian artist who does work that makes a statement on the impact of globalization, environmental issues, social and economic impact worldwide. He did a very interesting  work where he took China and the USA to compare them. He showed that they have their conflicts but they also work together to maximize their profits. He did most of his work in lithographs which is a type of printmaking. He is a newer artist and all of his work made a statement and that was explained through the title.

The next artist we saw was Kevin B  O'Callaham who was born in 1902. He did a lot of his work during the Great Depression where he would go in to all kinds of work places to sketch and took advantage of all different kinds or angles and views! He was known for his positive and negative space which was very effident from far away as well as up close. I loved all his detail its amazing how he could do that in his prints. They were so good!!

The last artist we saw was upstairs and that was Harold Cohen. He was a very educated man who was interested in building health awareness and medical things, making them fun but educational!!

This gallery was a good experience, I would like to go back when I was feeling better though because I didn't want to get out of bed that mornings, but it is free so it's nice to know I can go back whenever!!!