Inspiration

Monday, March 21, 2011

Spring Has Sprung....

....and now all I want to do is shop and play outside! Unfortunately the budget and work load of a college student is trying to prevent this.

Ladies, check out Ruche and Lulus for some cute spring fashions.

(my first Spring Purchase, from Lulus)

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Monday, March 14, 2011

For my Photography class we are making children's books. I'm doing a retelling of Three Blind Mice. I did some shooting around Bethlehem, Pa yesterday...singing Three Blind Mice in my head the whole time.

I've decided to draw pictures of the mice, scan them, and make some type of photo collage in PhotoShop. I'm hoping it will be endearing. And then I might throw a cynical twist in at the end....

Thursday, March 10, 2011

Spring Break 2011

Well, it hasn't been too exciting so far.
I don't feel well so I'm sleeping. A lot.
16 hours of sleep yesterday, 12.5 last night.

Thursday, March 3, 2011

Works In Progress

Here are some artist inspired portraits I've been working on...feedback is always welcome.

Gustave Courbert

By Carter B. Horsley
Gustave Courbet (1819-1877) was a defiant artist who challenged conventions. His oeuvre defies easy categorization. Although he was an important Realist, he dabbled in many genres and perhaps spread his considerable talents too thinly.
At his best, Courbet is a stunning artist whose few masterpieces are indelible and immensely powerful and quite disparate.
His youthful self-portrait of 1845, "The Desperate Man," is a small oil that measures 17 3/4 by 21 5/8 inches but it is monumental in its impact. It is one of those works that seem to come out of nowhere and with few if any peers. It makes one conjure gigantic sculptures of the inmates at Bedlam - something that Rodin or Michelangelo might attempt. It is frenzy and desperation and immediacy. It begs the viewer for resolution, involvement, commitment.
It is visceral - a quality that can be found in many of his best works.