Art 21Kayla Hobson

Every piece of artwork that Mary Heilmann creates has a story. She loves to use color. She likes to experiment with various shades and hues of the same color. Some of the color extends beyond the lines because as a child she hated to stay in the lines. She puts emotion in her artwork. Each of her pieces represent what she was feeling at that point of time. She paints the side of the canvas because “at first it is an object and then it is a picture”. This idea comes from her previous work of ceramics and pottery. In this picture she makes use of various levels of space in one painting. There is converging lines and drippings that show different depths. In terms of the use of space, she was influenced by Japanese/ Chinese paintings. She used oil paints on this canvas. “Go Ask Alice” 2006, Oil on Canvas, 36 X 48 inches, Mary Heilmann

Color is iconographic to her. The Simpsons is one of her biggest inspirations because of the use of saturated colors. In this picture, I used vibrant colors. I used acrylic paint to create my artwork. I combined primary colors with white paint to create lighter hues. I used HB 4 pencil to outline the shapes. Heilmann also likes to use shapes. Heilmann creates many pieces similar to the one I drew. It reminds me of the stain-glass windows you see in a church or temple. Heilmann said she was always fascinated by Catholicism.

“Stainglass”, 2014, Kayla Hobson, Acrylic Paint on Drawing sheets, 6 in X 6in,

This painting “Composition II with Red, Blue, and Yellow”, reminds me of Heilmann’s work. It is totally abstract. Heilmann likes to use geometry, shapes, and lines in her work. Her work usually consists of vertical and horizontal lines just like this painting. Though this painting consists of just three colors they are usedeffectively. This painting is visually simplistic such as some of Heilmann’s pieces.

Piet Mondrian, Composition II with Red, Blue, and Yellow, 1930. Oil on Canvas. 28 ½ X 21 ¼ inch

Robert Mangold uses shape, lines, and color to create his paintings. This is his formula for a vast number of his creations. In this painting he uses pastels and drawing pencils. The artist creates many sketches on paper before completing the art work on canvas. He describes his work as minimalism. He describes these images as “two vertical lines bent into a wheel”. His work is centered around the idea of getting back to the basics of painting. The Era of Pop Art was just finishing and he wanted to get back to the basics.

“Split Ring Image”, 2008, Pastel and Black pencil on paper, 31 ½ X 29 ½ inches, Robert Mangold

His paintings may seem basic to the eye. But even something as simple as a ring structure is createdmany various ways. I notice Mangold combines geometry in his artwork. There are a lot of rings, trapezoids, columns, and crosses in his work. In this piece I combined cross like shapes together. I usedacrylic paint in blue and light blue to finish the piece. I used HB4 pencil to outline inside the shape. To create his masterpieces and ensure structure he uses tapes and protractor. I used a ruler to receive exact measurements.

“Ocean Blue”, 2014, Kayla Hobson, Acrylic Paint on Drawing Sheets, 9X 12 in,

“Empress of India” is most relevant to Mangold’s work. It is a minimalist expression of artwork. This work expresses motions of space. Similar to Mangold’s work, art is created around how much space the objects are taken up and how the viewer relates to them. In much of Mangold’s work he describes how difficult it is for viewers to view his work left to right. They must look at the whole. The work is pretty emotionless because what you see is what you get. There is not much story behind the painting. The painting is to be viewed as an object. Like Mangold’s work, many geometrical shapes in these paintings are created with protractors.

Empress of India, 1965. Metallic powder in polymer emulsion on shaped canvas, 6ft 5 in. X 18 ft 8 in. Frank Stella

Elizabeth Murray often uses everyday items in her paintings. She uses a cartoonish style that seems to bring ordinary objects alive. She uses bold colors and various dimensions to make her pieces pop. Her work is very loony and wacky. When she uses shape it is exaggerated and inflated. She likes to make many shapes and combine them together. The vibrant color intensifies the picture. Murray says “she paints until the right things happen”. De kooning is her inspirations. His piece “Excavation” inspired her through the multiple layers of paint and zany direction. Her work is somewhat abstract and recognizable. To create her work she first sketches it on paper. Then she creates a big drawing. In Bop she enlists a carpenter to cut the wood. Canvas is glued to the wood and then she begins the color process.

“Bop” 2002-2003, Oil on Canvas, 9ft 10 in. X 10 ft 10 ½ inches, Elizabeth Murray

My painting was inspired by Murray’s whimsical styles. I used various colors in my artwork just like Murray. Murray is inspired by the domestic life and uses many utensils in her work. I used a fork and spoon in my drawing. I gave the utensils hands and a shoe to give them a zany feel. I used acrylic paint to create the work and HB2 pencil for the drawings.

“The fork ran away with the spoon” 2014, Kayla Hobson, 9 in X 12 in, Acrylic paint on white Drawing paper

In my opinion, “Woman and Bicycle” reminds me of Murphy’s work. There is a lot ofcolor used in this painting. This painting was done in the Abstract Expressionism period. In this painting, the eyes, mouth, bosom are exaggerated. Similar to Murphy’s work, this imageis almost cartoonish. In this picture your eyes is drawn to many things because there is a lot to focus on. Like Murphy’s work, the painting is very loose and exhibits the freedom to do somethingunconventional. William de Kooning, Woman and Bicycle, 1952-53. Oil on canvas. 76 ½ X 49 in