(Pneuma) Revealed: A C. Farrell Fine Arts and Research Project
Document Type
Creative works or constructive object presentation
Campus where you would like to present
Ellensburg
Event Website
https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/source
Start Date
18-5-2020
Abstract
"I often see a disconnect between who we believe a person to be and who they truly are. My work is influenced by this idea. It is an exploration of how humans projected ‘identity’ and a visual representation of the hidden emotions or things we are unable or unwilling to see in others. With this project I created a body of work that speaks about inner pain. Rather than hiding it, I revealed these hidden emotions. As a reflection of my myself and my own gender, I approached this concept by using all female figures for references. I made deliberate formal choices focusing on composition, additive and reductive painting techniques along with added hints of text in order to convey emotional implications. I additionally focused on human connection as it pertains to the eyes. Eyes are important facets of how humans relate to others and are firmly rooted to ideas surrounding expression of emotion and identity. In western culture, eye contact is associated honesty and confidence, which acts in dichotomy to my ideas of hiding and revelation. As such, I have affected the eyes of my figures through application of paint or obscured them through formal and compositional decisions, thereby changing how the viewer relates to the piece. The resulting body of work consists of seven paintings and three drawings of women. All images speak towards ideas of pain, identity, vulnerably and, for some, the strength of one’s self during an ordeal. While creating my work I meditated on the fact that people are often unseen and/or misinterpreted. It is my goal that my body of work generates a conversation on how we hide this pain and how the person before us could be experiencing something we do not realize." College of Arts & Humanities Presentation Award Winner.
Recommended Citation
Mentele, Laura, "(Pneuma) Revealed: A C. Farrell Fine Arts and Research Project" (2020). Symposium Of University Research and Creative Expression (SOURCE). 2.
https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/source/2020/CAH/2
Department/Program
Fine Art
Additional Mentoring Department
https://cwu.studentopportunitycenter.com/2020/04/pneuma-revealed-a-c-farrell-fine-arts-and-research-project/
(Pneuma) Revealed: A C. Farrell Fine Arts and Research Project
Ellensburg
"I often see a disconnect between who we believe a person to be and who they truly are. My work is influenced by this idea. It is an exploration of how humans projected ‘identity’ and a visual representation of the hidden emotions or things we are unable or unwilling to see in others. With this project I created a body of work that speaks about inner pain. Rather than hiding it, I revealed these hidden emotions. As a reflection of my myself and my own gender, I approached this concept by using all female figures for references. I made deliberate formal choices focusing on composition, additive and reductive painting techniques along with added hints of text in order to convey emotional implications. I additionally focused on human connection as it pertains to the eyes. Eyes are important facets of how humans relate to others and are firmly rooted to ideas surrounding expression of emotion and identity. In western culture, eye contact is associated honesty and confidence, which acts in dichotomy to my ideas of hiding and revelation. As such, I have affected the eyes of my figures through application of paint or obscured them through formal and compositional decisions, thereby changing how the viewer relates to the piece. The resulting body of work consists of seven paintings and three drawings of women. All images speak towards ideas of pain, identity, vulnerably and, for some, the strength of one’s self during an ordeal. While creating my work I meditated on the fact that people are often unseen and/or misinterpreted. It is my goal that my body of work generates a conversation on how we hide this pain and how the person before us could be experiencing something we do not realize." College of Arts & Humanities Presentation Award Winner.
https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/source/2020/CAH/2
Faculty Mentor(s)
Rachel Kirk