Hello! My name is Beth Davis and I’m a Sophomore in my second semester at St. Edwards. Creating and implementing art into my world has been consistent throughout my entire life- I enjoy experimenting with all the various possibilities of creation and experiencing as many artistic pursuits as possible. I am an art major most interested in discovering ways to combine different types of media to create something completely unexpected/unfamiliar. Lately I’ve been exploring collage work using recycled material like magazines and old scraps, and I like to follow intuition to create pieces that reflect raw emotion.

Last semester I took a visual studies class that really opened my mind towards experimentation in different types of media like photography and photoshop, which I had never used previously. I have also begun to regularly use digital programs like procreate, which make experimentation super easy and versatile. Overall, I’m looking forward to this semester in Drawing in Space, and I’m excited to continue experimenting with art.

Damien Hirst is an english artist who rose to fame during the 1990’s. At the beginning of his career he was a painter and attended Goldsmiths College in London. Over the years Hirst has become somewhat controversial. This started with a series of work that brought a great deal of attention and often also criticism as the work displayed various animals such as a shark and cow submerged in formaldehyde. Hirst has also faced controversy throughout his career as some of his works have been called out for plagiarism.

However the series of work that relates to the idea of multiples are his spot paintings. These spot paintings are a stark contrast to Hirst’s previous works with dead animals. These paintings relate to the idea of multiples as the same subject matter is used in each one while the color and arrangement of the spots are what changes in each of the paintings. Hirst estimates that he has created a total of 1400 spot paintings. He first started the series in 1988 where he created the first five works on his own, but soon after began employing his assistants to help create the works as they are quite labor intensive. Below are some examples of Hirst’s spot paintings.

Cineole © Damien Hirst 2004

Dequalinium Chloride © Damien Hirst 2016

Citations

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Damien-Hirst

https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/damien-hirst-2308

https://www.myartbroker.com/artist-damien-hirst/articles/damien-hirst-spot-paintings

Hi! My name is Meg (Margaret) and I am a graphic design senior. My interests this past year that I wish to explore more is the diverse ways in which femininity are expressed and felt and how those experiences can create unity between peoples. I hope to work on created pieces that are out of comfort zone, expressive, and highly experimental. I find that a lot of my artwork is done with a preconceived notion of how work should be made and I am excited to move beyond that and get a little wild.

Yoshio Ikezaki is a Japanese artist and papermaker born in Kitakyushu City in 1953.  He then went on to receive a Bachelor of Art and Master of Fine Arts from Florida State University in painting before moving back to Japan to study traditional Japanese papermaking. For six years, Ikezaki studied and experimented with traditional Japanese papermaking under master papermakers, Shigemi and Shigeyuki Matsuo. He would later employ what he had learned to produce his own paper for his paintings and sculptures, giving him complete control over the paper’s thickness and fiber distribution; this allowed him to take into account the Sumi-ink’s reactions to varying fiber ratios while manufacturing paper for his paintings.

Ikezaki’s Sumi-ink paintings are deeply associated with his childhood memories of the  Kitakyushu Island landscapes he saw. He sees and paints these landscapes as “slow-moving photographs” where it displays all the natural elements of the landscape to his audience. Ikezaki’s art has a mysterious and evocative quality that stems from his use of his own Sumi-ink, which gives his work movement and vitality and moves viewers as they look around it.

Ikezaki’s work utilizes Ma which is defined to be a “Japanese aesthetic term to designate an artificially placed interval in time and space which include meaningful voids created by the deliberate use of blank space.” This balance and use of positive and negative space is an essential, prevalent theme throughout his paintings and sculptures.

The Green Wonderland

Sumi-ink and Japanese watercolor on paper, 30 x 40 inches, 2018

The Winter Wonderland

Sumi-ink and Japanese watercolor on paper, 30 x 40 inches, 2018

Hi, my name is America. I am a senior majoring in Communication with a concentration in Critical Media Studies. I have always been passionate about film and video art, but I’ve also enjoyed drawing and painting since I was little. I took a couple of art classes in high school, but this is my first art course in St. Edward’s. Since this is my last semester, I thought I should at least take one art course before I graduate because it’s something I really enjoy and want to get better at.

I think drawing is something that I do every single day, whether it’s doodling in my notebook or sketching in my journal. Drawing is also important when it comes to film and video, at least for me. I always draw out what I want each shot to look like before I begin editing. I also want to get into incorporating more animation into my videos, and being at least a little bit skilled at drawing is important.

Hello, my name is Jade Perea and I am a sophomore double majoring in Graphic design and art. So far during my time at st eds I have primarily taken classes that either involved mix media or creating 3d work. I have come to really enjoy the process that comes with creating 3d forms. In that process I think it has encouraged me to be more experimental with how I approach creating. I have always been someone who gets stuck when a piece isn’t coming out how I envisioned it but slowly I think I am becoming more process oriented instead of product oriented. 

Drawing was the first form of art that I tried and has always been one of my favorite ways to create because of the multitude of techniques and styles. When drawing I prefer working in black and white so I often use charcoal, graphite, and pens to create. I really enjoy the process of layering and building up areas of shadow. I also have a love for using different shading techniques, my two favorites are cross hatching and stippling. I would like to experiment more with drawing like I do when creating sculpture and I think this class is going to be a step in that direction.

Hello, I am Savannah Berumen and I am a sophomore majoring in art and minoring in art history. I began my journey with art after graduating high school early and having a lot of free time to explore the different mediums of art. I fell in love with creating and chose to further my education in the art world at the Fashion Institute of Technology before transferring over to St. Edward’s fall of 2022. I have a special interest in sculpting as I have done more projects that involved creating 3D objects and building sets than any other type of art medium. I know that sculpting and installation projects can be tough to execute so I am nervous, but excited for the challenge. 

My name is Ty. After taking Intro to Drawing and Drawing Methods, I chose to take Drawing Into Space as hopefully a way to break the barriers of drawing that I’ve encountered before. Although I do love perfection, slowly I’ve learned to try and get away from it.

For me, drawing has always been just a step for my final goal. I mostly paint, so I use drawing for ideas of what I want to paint. I draw rough sketches and ideas as well as highly detailed sketches for the final product. In the past, I have completed highly detailed drawings, but I don’t get the same satisfaction as I do from a painting. I’m hoping to explore my interests in drawing.

My name is Clara Rabe, I’m a senior at St. Edward’s University majoring in photography and media arts and I’m also minoring in art. I would say I’m most trained in photography, but right now I’m enjoying learning a plethora of new mediums. Something that’s consistent about my work regardless of medium is my love for color and texture.

I’m incredibly nervous to be taking this class because racing is definitely not my strong suit. I’m someone who struggles with perfectionism and don’t really like to make art unless I’m really confident about my ability to do execute the project to my standards. This mindset is easily the most counterproductive thing in my head, so I’m hoping to overcome that in this class and make some bad drawings.

My relationship with drawing is purely a form of expression. I’m not very good at using words to communicate, especially when I’m overcome with emotions– so I like to draw in a little sketchbook during those times. I’m not very technically skilled, but that doesn’t really matter to me when I’m just privately expressing myself.

Hullo, I am Laramie Torres (he/they), a senior at St. Edward’s University majoring in Video Game Development with a minor in Graphic Design. I would consider myself to be a 2D Character Artist and Animator hoping to make my dent in the world with my work whether it be in games, animation, or comics. 

Taking Drawing Into Space was originally to fulfill elective requirements for Graphic Design, but after learning more about what this class has to offer, I changed my tune on the course and thought it might be good for me as an artist to experiment and explore what it means to create something outside of the traditional and digital ways I have done before. I can’t wait to see what we will make in this class and how I grow as an artist throughout my time in this class.

When it comes to drawing, I have been doing it for as long as I can remember wanting to make up my own stories but didn’t start to get serious about doing art until the 3rd grade. Since then, I have become fascinated with drawing my favorite characters from different media and creating my own characters that I love. Drawing means a lot to me because it became beyond wanting to tell stories and express my love for my favorite media. It evolved into a way I relax, think, or project my innermost feelings in a way that made drawing a visual language that I use to communicate to myself and others around me.