Creative Blog

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The next two pictures are representative of the phenomenon that "keeps the world in orbit".


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There is nothing like a night out with friends and hot pairs of shoes! This picture is personally inspiring.

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About this picture...I'd say someone got carried away with primary colors and makeup. Hot artistic mess!

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While this may appear cool to some...it's kinda creepy in my opinion. Reminds me of something from a sci-fi horror movie that will eventually try to end the human race.

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This is a bed I'd rather NOT sleep on! Imagine turning a centimeter of an inch and it would be "body, meet floor!"
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At first glance this pic seemed mystical but it appears it might actually be real... or it still could be mystical. lol The skies are suggestive of a brewing storm yet the gracefully-gowned ladies appear oblivious to the signs as they are captured in their pose.

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Talk about the creative use of colors...so her hair branches off into tree roots which are filled with warm and bright colors...very interesting and cool.

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The above is another image (grafitti) created by British street artist Robert Banks aka Bansky. The work is self-explanatory; a young presumably innocent litte girl is being frisked/searched by a policeman. This image may have initially been created to imply the ridiculousness and absurdity of the act. However, in today's society even this act can quickly become a reality as terrorists now take the face of everyone; young, old, male, female and yes, even pretty little girls in pink.

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Robert Banks or Banksy is known for his creation controversial, political and graphic works, mostly graffiti. The above was created to express the sentiments of those who disproved of evolutionist Charles Darwin and his theory of human evolution and natural selection. I personally find Banksy's representation comical and entertaining.
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So...have you any idea what the circled miniscule dot in the above picture is? On February 14, 1990 the Voyager 1 spacecraft had completed its primary mission of visiting Jupiter and Saturn and now on the fringes of the solar system was commanded by NASA to turn around and take one last picture of its home planet. The above picture is representative of what was seen 4 billion miles away. That miniscule, trivial and insignifiant dot known as the Pale Blue Dot is our lovely planet, Earth. In all our power and glory, our past and present civilizations, with our suffering and victories; all that have ever lived and all we have ever known and loved has been confined to the smallest palest and bluest dot, Earth.

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Martin Johnson Heade
Cattleya Orchid and Three Brazilian Hummingbirds, 1871
oil on wood, 34.8 x 45.6 cm

Heade enjoyed depicting still lifes and landscapes. This painting is perhaps...a combination of both.(?) Packed with numerous visual elements and principles of design, the painting (to me) displays the peace and beauty of nature, at its best.

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Can you say camera shy? This photograph hails from Robert E. Jackson's Collection The Art of the American Snaphot which once chronicled the evolution of snapshot photography from the invention of the Kodak Camera through the 1970s. Despite the shy illusion portrayed by covering her face, I strongly believe this "model" performance was intentional.

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The above is a picture of a supergiant star on an upcoming exhibition at the American Museum of Natural History. My thoughts? Absolutely stunning and beauty.

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"Day and Night", c.1938
woodcut in black and gray

M.C. Escher created this visually deceptive masterpiece using shifts in values of black, white and gray. I think this work is appropriately entitled Day and Night as one side of the work depicts each theme. Escher's fascination with metamorphosis can be seen as the landscape below changes and morphs into doves. Visually speaking, the work is actually symmetrical as well. I find this work simply interesting.

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The two main balances described in Chapter 5 of Getlein's Living with Art are symmetrical and asymmetrical balance. The two balances contradict each other: symmetrical is descriptive of a design in which the t wo halves of a composition on either side of an imaginary central vertical line correspond in shape, size and placement while asymmetrical refers is the opposite. Below are examples of symmetrical and asymmetrical balances, respectively.

Peter Behrens. (German) Fan c. 1908. Painted cast iron and brass
Preston Dickinson. (American) Harlem River, c. 1928. Oil on canvas

This first artwork is expressive of symmetrical balance. The size, shape and placement of the fan's blades appear to equal on both sides of the vertical axis; equally distributing the weight. The second, Dickinson's painting, displays asymmetrical balance. Visually speaking, most of the buildings, objects and the activities within the painting are exude from the left, creating an unbalanced scene with the emphasis there.




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With the intention of completing an assigment, I went to nga.gov and there on the home page was Johannes Vermeer's "Girl with the Red Hat" made with oil on panel c. 1665. What striked me about the painting is the the revelation of the model being.. a girl. My initial glance depicted masculinity. In addition, this picture contains several artistic visual elements and implements the use of various colors, values, hues and texture. For simple reasons as such and mainly due to its beauty, I chose this painting.