We will be using non-traditional paint applications this week. Watch the comment on the following videos about Beatrice Milhazes and Keltie Ferris. Bring in masking tape, 4mil plastic sheeting, Xacto blades and your atomizers.
These two artists use methods for painting that I never thought of using before. Keltie Ferris’s spray painting art is something that I have never seen before. The results are really nice, but the danger associated with this art form makes me very wary about trying it. I really love Beatriz Milhazes’s work. The use of bright colors and different shapes and prints is beautiful. I’ve never seen someone use the process of painting and then peeling to create a piece like she does. This is something that I know I would love to do, and I look forward to experimenting with it.
A combination of these two methods may also make a really nice process. Experimenting a little with the new methods in class has inspired me to keep trying different methods. I also want to experiment using bright colors. I like works where non-traditional colors are used for everyday objects. For example, using a bright yellow or pink to represent the bark of a tree instead of the traditional brown.
i find it interesting that Beatrice Milhazes says that nature inspires her work because by looking at her work it seems so far removed from generic nature paintings. She has a unique talent of finding interesting patterns in nature and translating them into her own work. I am inspired by her work because it is a very simplistic use of paint that she manipulates to look like collage. Keltie Ferris' inspiration as she puts it is "looking into another world" and how abstract art is a representation of something unnameable. this is a concept i had never thought of before, especially since abstract art has become so prominent. Often times i think people try to find or make a meaning about abstract art or kind of "give a name" to it, when in actuality thats the opposite of what it is. Ferris' art and the way she talks about her pieces are an example of that.
Beatrice Milhaze's painting and collage technique is such an amazing way to incorporate the beauty of the nature that surrounds her in Rio. She uses strong contrast colors and is inspired by the shapes of nature found in the garden her studio resides near. The application of the dried acrylic paint to the canvas as collage pieces is a more graphic way to apply paint and marry the two loves of paint and collage without the use of painterly brush strokes. This whole process is what helps evoke the flat, colorful, and graphic aspects of her work. I would love to experiment with this style of paint collage, the aspect of not really knowing when the painting is finished, that it could be collaged endlessly, intrigues me.
With the spraying technique I feel there is a fine line between street graffiti and what Keltie has put on canvas; she even mentions how people see the relation and she then argues that is not her intention. I've always perceived spray painting as a "quick and easy" way of painting, to cover a lot of space as fast as possible. I really admire how she takes painting with oils to a whole new level, but I'm not so sure that I'm interested in this technique myself.
I really would love to start painting like her, especially since her interpretations of nature are so involved with collage. We are both interested in the same subject matter, so I could definitely see myself learning more about her journey as an artist and her style. Frances maggio
I personally love and connect with Beatrice Milhaze's artwork. Since her inspiration and muse comes from the nature, landscape, flowers, and wildlife of Rio, her artwork includes such a wide array of colors with bright saturations. I love how her collages and artwork use shapes and patterns that seem almost like graphic design to show the nature that surrounds her. Especially for me, I struggle to let loose with my brushstrokes and Milhaze's collages act as a perfect guide. In the second video, I found it interesting how the artist continually questioned her decision of being an artist and how she viewed the world despite her amazing talent. Spraying is such a unique form of art that allows an artist to experiment with whole new realms of artwork, and I enjoyed seeing how this artist used spraying for abstract, highly saturated, and fun paintings. Peri Levine
These two artists use methods for painting that I never thought of using before. Keltie Ferris’s spray painting art is something that I have never seen before. The results are really nice, but the danger associated with this art form makes me very wary about trying it. I really love Beatriz Milhazes’s work. The use of bright colors and different shapes and prints is beautiful. I’ve never seen someone use the process of painting and then peeling to create a piece like she does. This is something that I know I would love to do, and I look forward to experimenting with it.
ReplyDeleteA combination of these two methods may also make a really nice process. Experimenting a little with the new methods in class has inspired me to keep trying different methods. I also want to experiment using bright colors. I like works where non-traditional colors are used for everyday objects. For example, using a bright yellow or pink to represent the bark of a tree instead of the traditional brown.
*Danielle Sargent*
i find it interesting that Beatrice Milhazes says that nature inspires her work because by looking at her work it seems so far removed from generic nature paintings. She has a unique talent of finding interesting patterns in nature and translating them into her own work. I am inspired by her work because it is a very simplistic use of paint that she manipulates to look like collage.
ReplyDeleteKeltie Ferris' inspiration as she puts it is "looking into another world" and how abstract art is a representation of something unnameable. this is a concept i had never thought of before, especially since abstract art has become so prominent. Often times i think people try to find or make a meaning about abstract art or kind of "give a name" to it, when in actuality thats the opposite of what it is. Ferris' art and the way she talks about her pieces are an example of that.
candace
Beatrice Milhaze's painting and collage technique is such an amazing way to incorporate the beauty of the nature that surrounds her in Rio. She uses strong contrast colors and is inspired by the shapes of nature found in the garden her studio resides near. The application of the dried acrylic paint to the canvas as collage pieces is a more graphic way to apply paint and marry the two loves of paint and collage without the use of painterly brush strokes. This whole process is what helps evoke the flat, colorful, and graphic aspects of her work. I would love to experiment with this style of paint collage, the aspect of not really knowing when the painting is finished, that it could be collaged endlessly, intrigues me.
ReplyDeleteWith the spraying technique I feel there is a fine line between street graffiti and what Keltie has put on canvas; she even mentions how people see the relation and she then argues that is not her intention. I've always perceived spray painting as a "quick and easy" way of painting, to cover a lot of space as fast as possible. I really admire how she takes painting with oils to a whole new level, but I'm not so sure that I'm interested in this technique myself.
I really would love to start painting like her, especially since her interpretations of nature are so involved with collage. We are both interested in the same subject matter, so I could definitely see myself learning more about her journey as an artist and her style. Frances maggio
ReplyDeleteI personally love and connect with Beatrice Milhaze's artwork. Since her inspiration and muse comes from the nature, landscape, flowers, and wildlife of Rio, her artwork includes such a wide array of colors with bright saturations. I love how her collages and artwork use shapes and patterns that seem almost like graphic design to show the nature that surrounds her. Especially for me, I struggle to let loose with my brushstrokes and Milhaze's collages act as a perfect guide.
ReplyDeleteIn the second video, I found it interesting how the artist continually questioned her decision of being an artist and how she viewed the world despite her amazing talent. Spraying is such a unique form of art that allows an artist to experiment with whole new realms of artwork, and I enjoyed seeing how this artist used spraying for abstract, highly saturated, and fun paintings.
Peri Levine