Painting and Drawing Studio IV (Painting VI - Senior Thesis)
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
acrylic, charcoal, marker, and pigment print on paper
dimensions variable
2017
The Senior Thesis project marks the conclusion of a four-semester
advanced studio and seminar sequence for students pursuing the
BFA in Painting and Drawing. This student’s thesis work explores the
history of self-portraiture, the selfie and social media, and the use of
cropping as form of distortion and abstraction.
University of Connecticut
inkjet print, collage, and oil paint on canvas
24 x 18 inches, each panel
2021
This project asks students to consider the internet and our world of screens in relation to printed and physical source material. Students complete a collage after experimenting with source materials (collaging, cutting out, rearranging/composing, layering, sanding, removing material, etc.). The finished collage, documented using a scanner, is then printed on canvas using a large format printer and worked on top of using additional materials and paint.
Intermediate Painting
University of Connecticut
L: oil on canvas; R: acrylic on paper
L: 24 x 20 inches; R: 24 x 18 inches
2022
Students are tasked with working from ephemera, objects, usually paper, designed to be used for a short period of time. After gathering their own paper ephemera (unframed found or printed photographs, to do lists, grocery lists, handwritten notes, magazine cut or tear outs, receipts, playing cards, postcards, pamphlets, etc.), students tack or tape an assortment of these objects to the studio wall. From this setup, students make at least one painting from direct observation.
Foundation: Studio Concepts
University of Connecticut
mixed media on paper
15 x 11 inches
2021 and 2022
Over the course of four weeks, students make a series of collages that introduce them to the fundamentals of composition as well as the elements of art and principles of design. A range of processes (acrylic transfer, cut-and-paste collage, stencils, rubbings, etc.) are introduced as well. This serves as many students first introduction to improvisation and process-based abstraction.
University of Connecticut
oil on canvas
24 x 18 inches, each panel
2019
Painters tend to work in series. It usually takes multiple works of like imagery, palette, size, or concept to fully explore a subject or conceptual theme. For this project, proposed a theme, subject, or idea and then painted a series in exploration.
Intermediate Painting
University of Connecticut
oil on canvas
dimensions variable
2021
For this project, students choose a meaningful place as their subject and build a maquette using whatever materials are available and best suited for capturing that place’s significance, feel and appearance. With this project, students continue to be focused on gaining technical proficiency with oil paint while working from direct observation, lighting their maquette like one would light a still life setup. This project is the first of the semester and encourages students to begin developing their own ideas in painting.
Drawing I
University of Connecticut & North Central College
charcoal on paper
18 x 24 inches
2018 and 2019
This assignment serves as many students’ first introduction to tonal drawing. Students are asked to “sketch” with three-dimensional material and then draw the resulting sculpture. Drawing history and contemporary drawing practices are discussed.
Senior Project
University of Connecticut
oil on canvas
22 x 30 inches
2019
Senior Project marks the conclusion of a student’s time in the Dept. of Art & Art History at the University of Connecticut and supports the development of a largely self-directed body of work that is exhibited to the public.
Intermediate Painting
University of Connecticut
acrylic on canvas
20 x 16 inches, each panel
2022
Painters tend to work in series. It usually takes multiple works of like imagery, palette, size, or concept to fully explore a subject or conceptual theme. For this project, proposed a theme, subject, or idea and then painted a series in exploration.
Intermediate Painting
University of Connecticut
oil on panel
dimensions variable
2019
For this assignment students were tasked with making a painting on a shaped and cradled support of their own design.
Painting I
North Central College
oil on canvas
20 x 16 inches
2019
Looking to develop new and individualized strategies for generating source imagery, this project asks students to construct a collage from at least five black and white self-portrait images and a large magazine cutout. Over the course of this project, students are introduced to digital cameras, scanners, collage construction, and basic image editing in Adobe Photoshop.
Drawing I
University of Connecticut
oil on canvas
L: 24 x 18 inches; R: 18 x 24 inches
2019
This project is designed to bridge gaps between drawing from observation and working with abstraction. The objective is to concentrate on purely formal issues in the creation of an interesting visual statement. To this end students are required to closely crop an organic object of their choosing.
Senior Project
University of Connecticut
oil, gesso, and paper pulp on panel
dimensions variable
2022
Senior Project marks the conclusion of a student’s time in the Dept. of Art & Art History at the University of Connecticut and supports the development of a largely self-directed body of work that is exhibited to the public.
Drawing I
University of Connecticut
graphite, charcoal, and marker on paper
dimensions variable
2019
Students are asked to make a series of four to eight drawings that, when viewed together as one work, creates an indirect self portrait. This project challenges students to go beyond the conventional notion of a self-portrait, considering the relationship between individual drawings and the series as a whole. Students are also asked to make deliberate decisions in regards to media, support, and process, and to think about how those choices have the potential to hold and communicate meaning.
Intermediate Painting
University of Connecticut
inkjet print and oil paint on canvas
30 x 24 inches, each panel
2019
This project asks students to consider the internet and our world of screens in relation to printed and physical source material. Students complete a collage after experimenting with source materials (collaging, cutting out, rearranging/composing, layering, sanding, removing material, etc.). The finished collage, documented using a scanner, is then printed on canvas using a large format printer and worked on top of using additional materials and paint.
Drawing I
University of Connecticut
conté crayon on paper
18 x 24 inches
2019
An essential facet of learning to drawing from direct observation, students practice sighting and measuring and utilize the principles of linear perspective to draw ellipses and more complex, organic forms.
Senior Project
University of Connecticut
acrylic paint and white charcoal on canvas
20 x 16 inches
2021
Senior Project marks the conclusion of a student’s time in the Dept. of Art & Art History at the University of Connecticut and supports the development of a largely self-directed body of work that is exhibited to the public.
Drawing II
North Central College
graphite, charcoal, and Sumi ink on paper
dimensions variable
2019
After learning about Do-Ho Suh’s rubbings, Drawing II students draw one wall of the classroom to scale. As a group, students determine how they will split up the work and create the drawing. The end result of this process, the composite, mural-like drawing, is moved to another location on campus for a temporary installation. This project encourages students to think about site or location in relation to their artwork—both as subject matter and as a space for exhibition. As a class, we discuss and look for atypical exhibition spaces on campus to install the project.
Drawing II
University of Connecticut
conté crayon, graphite, charcoal, tape, and collage on paper
24 x 36 inches
2020
For this project, students work in pairs to produce collaborative drawings that are cut up and split between the two collaborators. Students then expound upon the collaborative drawing on their own, utilizing collage as well as traditional drawing materials.
Intermediate Painting
University of Connecticut
oil on canvas
L: 40 x 32 inches; R: 40 x 30 inches
2020
For this project students incorporate research from any field outside of the arts and propose a series of paintings that incorporate or respond to the new information gathered in their chosen subject matter and painting process.