Illustration Final

Indian Art Project One

Ganesha, remover of obstacles sits upon a BP lotus flower siphoning out toxic oil from the June 2010 disaster.

Free Text Friday

"Olive oil has been more than mere food to the peoples of the Mediterranean: it has been medicinal, magical, an endless source of fascination and wonder and the fountain of great wealth and power. The olive tree, symbol of abundance, glory and peace, gave its leafy branches to crown the victorious in friendly games and bloody war, and the oil of its fruit has anointed the noblest of heads throughout history."
Source: http://www.globalgourmet.com

Horsebarn Hill

FTF 10.8.10

Incendiary
by Vernon Scannell

That one small boy with a face like pallid cheese
And burnt-out little eyes could make a blaze
As brazen, fierce and huge, as red and gold
And zany yellow as the one that spoiled
Three thousand guineas' worth of property
And crops at Godwin's Farm on Saturday
Is frightening---as fact and metaphor:
An ordinary match intended for
The lighting of a pipe or kitchen fire
Misused may set a whole menagerie
Of flame-fanged tigers roaring hungrily.
And frightening, too, that one small boy should set
The sky on fire and choke the stars to heat
Such skinny limbs and such a little heart
Which would have been content with one warm kiss
Had there been anyone to offer this.

Independent Study Aqua Media

Watercolor Series 1: “Pardon Our Appearances”

This series of watercolor pieces are intended to depict the University of Connecticut Storrs Campus in the era of its transformation. I have always enjoyed walking around the diverse and unique areas of the campus. The university is comprised of a vast array of designs and architecture that is situated in a rural setting. However, this year upon my explorations of searching for inspiring scenes to paint, I began synthesizing all of my encounters with the landscape. UConn has been in the restructuring phase for many years now, and this year everywhere I turn there seems to be some disruption in the surface of the campus. Bulldozers plow through the Earth. Police regulating the streets with natural areas roped off with manmade plastic. These disruptions in the everyday schedule are emphasized and included in my art. These alterations in the structure of the university are intended to be highlighted in the following artworks so that a viewer not only relates to these subtle disturbances, but also the recognition that the campus itself is not stagnant. This is UConn in transition. I seek to instill a sense of confusion, manipulation, and reference to change within these works. The landscape is not just beautiful. There is a modern and specific technology associated with the construction sites that are juxtaposed against the rural landscape. It is this technology of the twenty first century that separates these pieces from any past historical landscape. Objects that might be cropped out of a photo are infused and purposefully included in the Storrs setting.  Natural beauty coalesces with the non glamorous machinery.  As I look at the images for a longer duration, the machines and bulldozers themselves take on a characteristic of their own. Many "hide" behind the blue curtain. Often they become characters that have assumed a foothold and home within the campus community. 
-Kristen Candella

Project 2 Portraits

FTF 10-1-10

"Reading is equivalent to thinking with someone else's head instead of with one's own."

-Arthur Schopenhauer

FTF 9.24.10

"God gives every bird his worm,
but He does not throw it into the nest."
-P. D. James

Whispering Breeze

Flash Animation

Tesla Extravaganza

Greeting card for illustration class: United Nations Day

The Royal Hawaiian

Jumblies

Illustration based off of Edward Lear's "The Jumblies"

Confined

Two hour sketch to illustrate the word "confined" for my basic illustration class.

Just Leave

Vivacious Veggies

In Thought

Averted Glance

pose

Advanced Figure Drawing

First pose of the semester. I'm a bit rusty considering the last figure I drew was last summer so I'm excited to be back in a drawing course.