Artist-in-Residence: Alexander DeMaria

I really like this piece because unlike most of his other drawings this one has color. It is very detailed which goes along with his style and the rest of his work. The light and dark contrast is very effective and in order to really see this drawing you have to look very close so that you can see absolutely everything that is going on. This week I would like to ask Alexander De-Maria how he is so patient with his work and how long it usually takes to complete a single piece of work.

Studying Nighthawks

Nighthawks

by Edward Hopper, Edward Hopper is from America.

Made in 1942

Oil on canvas was used to make the work.

My first impression of this painting was that it was a very regular picture. When I say this I mean that it looks like just a regular day with dark colors and no bright colors. There is no one outside of the diner which shows loneliness and that there are only a few people alone in a big world.

Edward Hopper was trained to be an illustrator but spent five years studying painting which influenced his style to become about urban isolation. He made this painting to show a diner and three customers that are all in their own private thoughts. Without even knowing it Hopper actually painted the loneliness of a large city.

Edward Hopper shows asymmetry in his painting. There isn't any balance in this picture because there are more objects on the right side of the painting. The emphasis is on the four people. They are alone in the diner and it shows placement. They are in the center of the picture and you right away start to wander what each person is doing, thinking, and who they are. This placement emphasis helps you think and they are the first thing you see when looking at this picture. There also are leading lines in this picture. The leading lines take you up the street, down the sidewalk, into the diner and then down the table. I can tell these are leading lines because that was the path my eyes took me on when I first looked at the picture.

The Work of Ingrid Calame

These pieces of artwork don't look like anything I've ever seen before. They all are so unique and make you have a different view. You can't just look at it and that's all there is so much more to each painting then meets the eye at first glance. Ingrid Calame is an artist who tries to represent the world and the things that we forget about or don't notice through artwork. Her process is that she goes on to the street, traces marks and stains on the street, goes back to the studio pieces them together and then mixes different colors and shades of paint and just paints the piece different colors.

This is one of Ingrid Calame's paintings. I really appreciate this painting because it is very colorful and puts colors together that you would never think about putting together. Also, they aren't just straight lines. She doesn't paint in the lines which I really like too.