Monday, December 4, 2017

Student Gallery in the Library on 11/29

    I attended the gallery that was in the library lobby on November 29, 2017. The main artist who I enjoyed most was Samantha Stepnowski. Her gallery was names Making Sense of Common Complexities. When looking at her pieces of work, the main theme of them were skeletal shapes and animals, mainly those found at the beach. My favorite was the back of the horseshoe crab. The attention to detail stood out most to me. It was also the only yellow piece of paper on a wall that was white, with other works done on white pieces of paper. Even by sticking to the brown color palette, she still was able to create dimension through the work with the different shades that she used.
    The next painting I enjoyed was the dotted lizard's head. This piece again stood out because it was the only one with color on this wall and was also on a more yellow piece of paper. Her other drawings had been more blended, yet this entire work was made of dots, making it more intricate. You can tell where she added more dots in certain areas to create more dimension and details. Also, I like that she stayed with one color. There was no color scheme that she followed; she just used the blue. I also like how it was just of the lizards head. It makes the viewer less overwhelmed, especially with the use of the dots to create this piece.
   Lastly, I liked the different seashells she created. There were five different seashells on the same paper as skeletal images of a crab. However, to me the seashells stood out most. They were all drawn using only a gray scale of colors. The lighter to the darker grays made the details of the seashells stand out most. She also was able to make the seashells stand out from the skeletal pieces since they were gray and the other were more brown. From this gallery, I learned that, even when having different images in the same area, one can easily stand out from other based on the colors. It may not even have to be the colors used to create the piece, but also from the color of the paper compared to the others.