Briana Internet Research

Five Artists work that I enjoyed are

 Sara Di Donato
Love the concept of empowerment of woman and exploring the bodies abilities regarding flexibility.

Cat's Cradle

gouache and colored pencil on paper

2008

38" x  50"

Pulley

gouache and colored pencil on paper

2008

38" x  50"

 Jaime Lynn Henderson
Who doesnt love color and whimsical themes? I love how free and colorful her art is. It makes you almost tune out of your conciousness and just make believe a new world.

Whirligig

Gouache, acrylic, ink, and collage on canvas

2012

24" x  24"

Waiting for a Sign

Gouache, acrylic, ink, and collage on hot press watercolor paper

2012

72 " x  55.5 "

,James Chen-Feng Kao
Not only do i think this artists pieces are interesting but the names of the pieces were what was most intriguing. He seems to enjoy exploring the sexual concept into his art.

Humping on Skullscape acrylic 2005 36" x  32"

Six Six Sex oil and fabric on canvas 2005 90" x  90"

Slyvia Jeffriess
I love everything about these pieces. It almost reminds me of pieces of trash pieced together to create faces. I love the concept and the colorfulness.

HEADCASE#1000

Gouache on paper

2009

100" x  70"

HEADCASE#24

Gouache on paper

2009

100" x  70"

Corrie Slawson
I find this artists work very abstract and appealing. The way the artist is able to make the piece look as if its glowing in a way is very amazing.

DETAIL The back of those parking garages on the way up the hill…

Screenprint, intaglio, airbrush/spray paint and pencil

2013

28" x  48"

“Tree/Electric Line (some places bury these!)

Screenprint, acrylic, spray paint, and pencil

2014

24" x  38"

Five Artists whose work I don’t like are:

Sandra Perlow
I find this artists work very confusing. Im not sure what she's trying to convey.

No Feet No Head

oilstick, acrylic, paper

2010

30 " x  22 "

Fall

collage, oilstick, paper

2010

30 " x  22 "

Daphne Plessner
I think this artist is talented but drawing old ugly men isn't very appealing to me.

london heads

charcoal on paper

1998-current

12" x  9"

london heads

charcoal and china white on paper

1998-current

12" x  8"

Siri Berg
I understand that this artist is focusing on texture but i find it a very boring thing to focus on and a lot of her pieces look the same.

Coloratura VI

pastel on paper/ oil on canvas

2007

14" x  14"

Coloratura X

pastel on paper/ oil on canvas

2007

14" x  14"

Julie Graham
I find her work very abstract but not to the point that please me. Its very boring and not colorful in my opinion.

Intervals 9

graphite, gouache, charcoal, pencil

2007

38" x  50"

Intervals 2

graphite, gouache, pencil, collage

2006

38" x  50"

Janet Passehl
I find her work quite boring and simplistic. It feels like a toddlers art project and somehow doesn't interest me.

River and red room

Prismacolor pencil and graphite pencil on Stonehenge Warm White

2012

22 " x  30 "

River, true shadows (detail)

Prismacolor pencil on Stonehenge Warm White

2012

22 " x  30 "

SARA DI DONATOS

I really feel strongly about Sara Di Donatos work. Her pieces are very interesting, usually of females that are quite flexible or females that are in bizarre situations. She wants to capture girlhood in states of boredom, or interest that distract us from consciousness. The characters in her drawings are like beads of a necklace that complete each other as a whole, yet are individually their own.

I really enjoy Sara Di Donatos work because she focuses on women. That may be a bit biased but she is all about expressing females who are at different ages, doing various chores representing the past and the present. She is very focused on the subject matter of girl contortionists and girls doing bizarre chores and its very interesting to look at and examine.

In the first picture that i posted of her work, the girl seems to be disinterested in what she's doing while wearing a dress that is deteriorating away due to the fire. This is a very successful contrast. I love how she's able to bring such uniqueness to her drawings by throwing an emotion thats so bored and nonchalant, with a subject as hectic and scary as clothes being on fire. Now she explains that she usually draws her characters doing chores, so the girl in the picture seems to be wearing a dress that might be suitable for housework. This could possible be a peasant maid who looks to be at the point of quitting. The fire might symbolize all the chores and chaos that needs to be done and her bored emotion might symbolize her completely checking out of the situation.

In the second picture, the first think i noticed is the past and present aspect that the artist loves to incorporate in her pieces. Back in the day, ironing boards and ironing your clothes was quite popular. As was big wavy hair. I love that she made the contortionist use the iron to straighten the girls hair to fit the hairstyle that is very popular in the present. Straight hair has become a very common thing after the 80s perm died down a bit. I also really admire that she makes these woman seem to be very talented at multitasking. She really gives credit to woman's ability and again, empowers the female role. I didn't notice at first but the girl toward the bottom of the piece is shaving her legs while getting her hair straighten, symbolizing how busy woman's lives can be.

I've always found the human body so interesting when it comes to drawing and in my opinion,is one of my strongest points. I never thought to draw contortionists bodies because normally bodies cant move in such ways so this really inspires me to explore the different ways we can move our bodies and translate that into art. Im also a fan of color and wish we got to use color in drawing, it captures interest in its viewers with all the colors that Donatos uses and thats what originally turned me on to her unique series. In conclusion, her pieces gave me a huge amount of inspiration to continue my interest in drawing the human body.