Self and a Bloodorange Palette

"Self and a Blood Orange Palette"
Acrylic, Transfers & Plasticene
on 30x36 Copper over press board


This Self Portrait was the final project for my class: Foundations of Composition and Form.

Macro Organics

Assignment: macro viewpoint, organic forms.
watercolour on 15x20 illustration board

A Collaboration

Collaborated with E.A. on her assignment to build this website for a class of hers. I did this banner for it. She did all the website design (pretty good for a a first foray, eh?) and all the smarty content (Interesting stuff).

Check out my citation note:

NOTE: The banner image was hand-painted and photographed by C. M. Hughes for use on this site. The image combines separated elements identified online only as “Northwest Coast Indian Styles,” and purposely blurs design distinctions that might remain discrete to an Aboriginal artist. Hughes‘s inclusion of the copyright symbol likewise touches off what barrister Colin Golvan calls the “bastardization of Aboriginal art” (Brown, 2003, p. 89). Clouding these elements is a parody of appropriation, but it is also acknowledged as a form of appropriation.

Woodblock Relief Printing

"Broadway Bridge"
Woodblock 3/4


"Still Life with Pears"
Woodblock 2/5

Acrylic on 11x8 Japanese paper
Japanese Style Woodblock with hand rubbing

Texture

"Kill your TV"
watercolour and crayon
on 15x20 illustration Board


Exercise: texture.
Assignment: ironic texture switching.
Switched: veggies for kid's playthings.

Voice lead interpretive drawing

Dripping Hand to Handland
15x20 Graphite on Illustration Board

Assignment: Draw my interpretation of poems read by instructor.
Utilize image development strategies (stretching image, blending image, etc.)

Colour

Assignment: Use various colour strategies with the same image

Upper right- Monochrome: green, tints & shades
Upper left - Complementary colours: red-orange & cyan
lower right- Analogous colours: magenta to blue-violet
lower left - My Choice: yellow & black on natural sky