Jon post 5

Currently in progress this is a continuation of human condition exploring the loneliness individuals are unable to disconnect from. The exploration of the individual’s engagement with another and the dangers of emotional and physical vulnerability exposing ones stark nakedness to another, an energy that is often uncomfortable and difficult to ward off due to the human condition. The moment of openness is a moment of risk and frailty inviting desired nourishment however unarmed and accessible for pain. The study for this painting was worked from several photos more so with deciding upon the plastic bags around the head. 

I've been dealing with plastic and trash bags off and on with a few drawings and paintings and I stumbled across this artist who blew me away. I'm not easily impressed with it comes to photo rendered work usually because I doesn't really seem unique to me when I look at it and it takes a lot for it to stick out to me I guess aesthetically. Melissa Cooke is a recent artist whose been working in graphite beautifully rendering highly emotive subjects which is something else that's important to me, emotion.   She works in series which is something that I have been doing in my own work which brings me closer to my work.
all of her work can be seen here Melissa Cooke

To the right is a painting I did last semester titled "paper or plastic"


The article on image and text was very interesting. It make me think of some of the devices and theory that Graphic designers encounter and express through there work. The craft arts or prior known as the "lesser" arts functioned in a mass produced mode in society artists such as louis lautrec who was known for his fine painting influences through his promotional posters with guesteral qualities and alphonse mucha used type faces and image together in a interesting and effective visual experience which are important devices in Graphic design works. I thought the implied hierarchy between image and text where one holds more value or functions more in a piece is rather interesting I think in terms of phrases and cultural influences and how value the image or text is to a particular individual or group of people.