Well, the semester is over! I've finished all of my paintings for my class, and I did quite well, grade-wise. Now it's time to make some art for myself rather than assignments; I'm so excited! But, what I did do was put up all of my finished paintings and my "open assignment" paintings! The one pictured here is "Scully- Moss," my Sean Scully-inspired piece. I really had so much fun with this process and I really want to try it some more! Maybe I should try some other shapes and build upon the process... Anyway, if you check out the 2D page, then you can see all of the rest of my new paintings, such as my lovely Elias painting! Now I'm on to enjoying my break and trying to create some more artwork! Any suggestions on media or inspiration?
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Wow, October has already come and gone! My Halloween was very good, I got to dress up as the Cheshire Cat for a Mad Hatter Tea Party the Saturday before. On the actual day, I stayed at home and watched some good Halloween movies, so I had a lot of fun! It's crazy, I can't believe November is here so quickly. But that means we all get to look forward to Thanksgiving, so I suppose I'm alright with that! The picture above is my newest painting, "Swimming in a Sea of Soup." It began as a two inch by three inch collage, and then was developed into a two foot by three foot painting. I had so much fun with this one, and I'm considering doing another one like it. I have a few other things in the making, so we'll see what's next up here! Perhaps something... graphic design? Lastly, it's National Novel Writing Month (aka NaNoWriMo)! If you like to write and haven't yet, join the challenge of writing 50K words in a month! I've joined up! If that's not quite your thing, pick up a good novel this month and just start reading! I'll be doing some character sketches for my characters for my book, so if you're interested to see some, stay tuned to my DeviantArt page! Hello, everyone! There's been a few additions to the family here on My Art and I, so I thought I would introduce them! Firstly, I've added a Graphic Design folder to my Portfolio. There's about one piece in there now, but there will be more coming up soon!
Also, three more paintings were added to the Two Dimensional Design gallery, so if you're a fan of the Legend of Korra, try that one on for size! One is a piece that was inspired by artist Sean Scully. I'm doing a total of three layers of paint for that one, but I'll show each of the layers so you can choose whichever version you like! I'll be interested to hear what you guys think of them and which version you think is the best! Maybe I'll have a poll... Also, I've started looking into Hannah Stouffer's work even more and have a few concepts in the making right now. We'll see how this goes! I thought I'd give a bit of an explanation to my most recent work, with the two "Political Campaign 2012" versions.
With the upcoming election, I'm really trying to be the most educated voter that I can be. I know that my voice can make a difference, and the voices of the people are the things that decide who leads our nation. But upon trying to learn what each candidate stood for, the only thing that I could find was them bad-mouthing one another. Yes, I know that's part of campaigning and propaganda and all... But what I want to know is what are your beliefs? What will you do for this country, and what are your plans for the future, and can you act them out? I don't want to know about each other's dirty laundry. Yes, it's a factor, but when that's ALL that I hear about each candidate, it makes me not think of either of them in a positive light. This work, though in two parts, is my response to those commercials I keep seeing. The two versions of my work have two different feels. The first looks a lot cleaner, and I didn't want to lose the image of what it looked like before the mud, on a literal and symbolic level. The "Mudslinging" version brings home the true meaning behind the work and the type of propaganda that inspired it. The thing I'm most happy about is that I've actually learned how to pay attention more to the commercials and different campaigning strategies and forms, whether it's through commercials on media sites, on my television, or in the paper. I have seen the commercials get better and get down to what they truly believe, so I'm ver *This is meant in no way to offend or be thought of as violent towards either candidates or parties. I simply just want to know what you both believe so that I can make my choice. Give me the choice so I can truly choose the best candidate for the job; not the one that comes out the cleanest in the fight. <3 * So what do you all think about the campaigns? Anyone agree with me? Disagree? |
About the ArtistLisa Stogoski was born on June 20th in Ashburn, Virginia, United States and has resided in the same area ever since. She has earned her BFA in Studio Art and Art Education at James Madison University. Lisa is habitually a two-dimensional, multimedia artist, yet enjoys experimentation. She enjoys playing around with self-investigation and identity. Archives
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