| Title | Date | Views | Brief Description |
|---|
| The feather series and reflection |
2011 |
1281 |
Over the past two semesters I have explored the medium of drawing through a
series of large-scale charcoal and graphite drawings of feathers. What started as small,
delicate pencil drawings of feathers have evolved into large drawings adapted from
... |
| Techniques as a foundation builds artistic confidence |
2012 |
2987 |
As an elementary and middle school art teacher, this art-making research has
implications for my teaching. I have learned much more about watercolor painting
techniques, which can be passed on to my students. I have found that my increased
learnin... |
| In a contemporary tearoom--placement of ceramics : investigating contexts of raku ceramics in space and time |
2014 |
1561 |
My thesis study investigates exclusive spaces for raku in contemporary life and time. Myexhibition focuses a modern tearoom that has modified its traditional Japanese source. Thesealterations are based on my discoveries of how raku is made and displa... |
| Personal archaeology : an autoethnographic illumination of a late-blooming feminist artist |
2012 |
2143 |
Originally seeking personal healing and restoration of balance in life through artistic expression and the creative process, I am enlightened by female precedents and empowered by their work and my own process. An aesthetic sisterhood with a twelfth ... |
| 'gär-d[inverted upside-down e]n\ : playful re-imaginings of the natural environment cultivated through exploratory mark making |
2015 |
712 |
Through a series of exploratory and layered mark-making, I create abstract images depicting a “re-imagining” of new spaces which relate to the natural environment and man made boundaries, such as gardens. This imagining includes both my physical and ... |
| Transpose |
2015 |
1083 |
My thesis study explores a variety of themes voicing several binary oppositions, creating abstractforms transposed from industrial or craft-based materials. These themes include relationshipsbetween conventionally “masculine” and “feminine” roles; wo... |
| Exploring organic pattern through surface design |
2009 |
6645 |
My work in the MFA program has explored the use of organic, abstract images that are taken from nature and recreated and repeated in two-dimensional, mixed media work. My thesis will further explain this process.
My process involves photographing va... |