Lend Me Your Ear: Text as Art

Again using my body part sculpture, I had to create a piece using only text. I am most comfortable in photoshop, so I decided to work in there instead of drawing by hand. The theme to this piece is idioms. Continuing on the concept of how we hear and listen, I wanted to expand that idea to how we interpret cultural oddities, like idioms. There is so much more to it than just listening, but understanding as well. I purposely made the background text small, because upon first glance it's not important content, just as color and shape. I hoped, however, that if someone was truly interested that they could get closer and read the background. There it defines various parts of the English language, such as idioms. I was able to combine my love of English and art in this piece. I love how this turned out!

Candy Apple

This drawing started with a regular apple, but as it progressed the drawing became less about the apple and more about color and the shapes within the fruit. The contour lines are meant to show form, and I decided to make each one a solid color to play on the idea that every object contains every color. I'm very pleased with this piece. I think it's fun to look at and can be viewed on many different levels. The lines and bands create a separation in the apple, but I feel like the colors pull it together as one object. Enjoy!

-Kelly