No comments:

Katie Taylor's Art Grant Proposal - 2008

My Work

Below, is a series of photographs of my own work with still lives. They are all painted in oils, and are ordered from oldest (I painted "Apple Cores" last year in Prof. Hannah's Painting 2 class) to most recent (I painted "Pile of Peels" two weeks ago.) Following my own work are a series of photographs from professional painters, whom I reference in Current Dialog, and whom I find especially creative and inspirational.

Apple Cores

This is the piece that started it all. This was my final piece in Prof. Hannah's Painting 2 class last year. I have been painting fruit still lives ever since.

One Orange Escapes

Lonely Banana Over Lone Orange

Two Oranges Contemplate Their Peels

I experimented with a more colorful background and foreground in this piece

Close-up from Two Oranges

Three Oranges Contemplate Their Peels

Close-up from Three Oranges

Green Strems

All Face Down

One of my more recent still lives

Close-up from All Face Down

Pile of Peeled Bananas

I tried to channel Thiebaud in this piece, and use more experimental and bolder colors

Close-fup from Pile of Peeled Bananas

Pile of Peels

This, along with Apple Cores, is the largest canvas I have painted, at 48" by 48"

Close-up from Pile of Peels

****************************************************

Inspiration

Below is a series of still lives, both of Impressionist masters and of contemporary artists, whose work I discuss in my grant proposal. These artists have influenced my work and are closely related to my current still life paintings.