preparing questions for Carroll and Sons galleries

I wanted to ask Joseph Caroll why he seems to focus all of his pieces around nature, but after looking through his past exhibitions I noticed that he has one piece called, “cheap trade” which seems very out of character in comparison to the rest of your pieces. I was wondering what inspired you to change your style?

surviving a critique

I personally like a mixture of constructive criticism and compliments. I believe that during a critique people should focus on the weakest areas, but also the strongest ones as well. I don’t think it’s helpful when by the end of the critique you feel like you made a worthless piece. I also think that if my peers have an idea that could possibly improve the piece then I would hope they’d tell me.
I don’t think its helpful at all when someone just says, “I don’t like this” but they don’t say why or any ideas on how to fix the problem. I believe that giving strong opinions with reason and answers is the most effective way to give a critique.

Reflection

So for the past couple of weeks i have been going back and forth between ideas. My senior project is painting murals in my room and i can't make up my mind as to what i want to paint or how i want my ideas to unfold. At first i wanted a French feel, which was inspired from the movie Mulan Rouge. After researching differnt pictures of deriving from France i decided i wanted to stick with a boston landscape line. After i finished outlinging the buildings i was looking at some of the pictures i found on the internet and decided it would be really cool to have some detailed designs in the background along the sky line. So since i came up with this collaberative idea i've been working on the outline which will be my final piece for the art show.

Boston Art Scene

I believe that the change in the Boston Art Scene is completely derived from the media as well as the change in economic status. Art galleries are considered a luxury rather than a necessity which is why many people are unable to purchase pieces because no one has extra money to spend. This is very unfortunate because it is forcing a lot of galleries and other art stores to close down because they don’t have enough customers.
I have been to many art galleris and I am lucky enough to have travled all over Europe exploring the different types of art and styles of the artists. I loved the galleries in Prague, most definitely my favorite. Not only is the art impeccable there, but the architecture was so incredible. I felt like I was living a fairytale with all the stone streets and buildings that are thousands of years old.
I much prefer galleries over museums. I feel that the art that is exhibited in museums are the more common ways of making art. I would much rather see more abstract and surreal types of pieces.

Gallery Pieces

I have two pieces that i am thinking about putting in the art show. One of them is a 16 by 20 charcoal drawing of a nude woman sitting on a blanket. This piece is completed and ready to put in the show.

The other peice is 18 by 20 and is a painting/drawing of my spread sheet for my senior project. It has a sky scraper of the city with a lot of detailed viney looking designs floating around the sky that were initially outlined with pencil but i am planning on going over them with vibrant paint markers so they really pop out. The buildings will be black with a few yellow specks to show light and windows.