Life Cycles and Order
Location
CSU 201
Start Date
4-4-2011 9:00 AM
End Date
4-4-2011 10:30 AM
Student's Major
Art
Student's College
Arts and Humanities
Mentor's Name
Brian Frink
Mentor's Department
Art
Mentor's College
Arts and Humanities
Description
Order and life cycles within nature are the fundamentals of its complexity. The project began by becoming more aware of the intricate designs and patterns that nature constructs. In a way, nature doesn‘t construct the patterns, humans do as a way of seeing nature itself. I enhanced and elaborated that concept by making ornate structures within the already given ‗patterns‘ that nature offers. By doing so it makes them more apparent and more of a focal point. Within these ‗patterns‘ life unfolds through birth, growth, and death creating its own order. The three paintings primarily depict the lifestyles, habits, and survival techniques of ants, worms and spiders. Learning more about them gave an insight into who they are as creatures rather than what is perceived of them. Each canvas started with an underpainting and through added layers developed a life all its own. They can be viewed separately, but together create a story and are much stronger.
Life Cycles and Order
CSU 201
Order and life cycles within nature are the fundamentals of its complexity. The project began by becoming more aware of the intricate designs and patterns that nature constructs. In a way, nature doesn‘t construct the patterns, humans do as a way of seeing nature itself. I enhanced and elaborated that concept by making ornate structures within the already given ‗patterns‘ that nature offers. By doing so it makes them more apparent and more of a focal point. Within these ‗patterns‘ life unfolds through birth, growth, and death creating its own order. The three paintings primarily depict the lifestyles, habits, and survival techniques of ants, worms and spiders. Learning more about them gave an insight into who they are as creatures rather than what is perceived of them. Each canvas started with an underpainting and through added layers developed a life all its own. They can be viewed separately, but together create a story and are much stronger.
Recommended Citation
Thier, Hope. "Life Cycles and Order." Undergraduate Research Symposium, Mankato, MN, April 4, 2011.
https://cornerstone.lib.mnsu.edu/urs/2011/oral-session-01/6
