Why squeeze a burgeoning idea onto a single canvas? Sustaining a measured pace with each brush stoke, Angela expands the perimeter of the rectangle: One canvas, then another, and another, tightly spliced, all seemingly harmonious, and yet with a disquieting use of color and texture. Though her final configuration highlights a haunting narrative, it is delightfully simple to make changes.
"My experience during this class can be seen through a dualistic perspective. The ideas behind the three paintings I completed during the fourth week revolved around light versus dark and dystopia versus utopia. I'm not completely sure if these were communicated clearly in the works, but I now realize that this idea has been important to me during the full four weeks I've spent here this summer.
I am accustomed to being very detailed, partly because I love getting immersed in the details and partly because I thought that my work could only be good if it were detailed. After my time here, I know now that sometimes having your hand work freely can be more successful in capturing a mood..."
- Angela L., Parsons '13
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