I enjoy how this artist used a combination of graphite and ink to produce wide swathes of soft burnished textures with diffused light lines (erased), and thin liquid dark contrast. I enjoy how the compositions are studies of energy between two objects, and the surrounding spaces. The reflections are shared between the two balloons, but also on the ceiling. It’s hard to not anthropomorphize the objects. Balloon meets balloon, balloon loses balloon, balloon comes back ’cause static. [gallery ids=”4391,4392,4393,4394,4395,4396,4397″ onclick=”link_no Helium drawings by Sarit Su Rosen
Rosen’s artist statement:
This triple series of “replication” drawings shows images of helium balloons. The images are a direct continuation of my interest in sight and sound, in the way the voice is changed by inhaling Helium gas and the way the air becomes balloon-shaped. In my drawings of hot-air balloons, one sees distorted reflections of the architectural surroundings. Reflectivity is a motif that runs through these drawings as I explore concepts like “reality,” “reflections of reality” and “distortions of reality.”
I was thankful for the break after the end of 30 days straight in January! I’m restarting the posts now, picking up where I left off with 30SAL Challenge Day 14: Make a transcription of Nicholas Poussin’s The Triumph of Pan. In the original post I mention how Poussin didn’t make detailed sketches of his figures …
High Flight Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings; Sunward I’ve climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth Of sun-split clouds, — and done a hundred things You have not dreamed of — wheeled and soared and swung High in the sunlit silence. Hov’ring there, I’ve chased …
Today, after skittering around with tasks, I was able to attend Fran’s Giant Figures Workshop, held in the spacious light-filled Drawing and Painting Studios at the Seattle Artist League. Years ago, when Lendy and I looked at this big Equinox warehouse space, we had NYSS style drawing intensives like this in mind, so it was …
Once upon a time, Western figurative artworks didn’t express much movement. …and then someone bent their knee, shifted their weight, and the (boom-pow) interplay of weight and balance in Western art began. Over time, artists began to relax and exaggerate the pose, and we had figures like this: It wasn’t a straight line from standing …
Sarit Su Rosen’s Reflections
I enjoy how this artist used a combination of graphite and ink to produce wide swathes of soft burnished textures with diffused light lines (erased), and thin liquid dark contrast. I enjoy how the compositions are studies of energy between two objects, and the surrounding spaces. The reflections are shared between the two balloons, but also on the ceiling. It’s hard to not anthropomorphize the objects. Balloon meets balloon, balloon loses balloon, balloon comes back ’cause static. [gallery ids=”4391,4392,4393,4394,4395,4396,4397″ onclick=”link_no Helium drawings by Sarit Su Rosen
Rosen’s artist statement:
This triple series of “replication” drawings shows images of helium balloons. The images are a direct continuation of my interest in sight and sound, in the way the voice is changed by inhaling Helium gas and the way the air becomes balloon-shaped. In my drawings of hot-air balloons, one sees distorted reflections of the architectural surroundings. Reflectivity is a motif that runs through these drawings as I explore concepts like “reality,” “reflections of reality” and “distortions of reality.”
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