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Recently I’ve thought about how we all grow up from being a little kid and exploring this world and becoming a unique human being. I’ve also seen a lot of the bad that people have done like school shootings, robberies, and child abuse like ion the case of a kid named Gabriel Fernandez. These thoughtsContinue reading “Shocking Art”

Artist: Melissa FloresExhibition: Near FarMedia: CharcoalGallery: LBSU School of Art, Dutzy Gallery Email: melissaflores121@gmail.comInstagram: melissaflores.art Melissa Flores is an undergraduate trying to reach her BFA in Drawing and Painting. Some of their interests and ideas that they like to explore are American consumerism and in this work specifically, they explored growing up and how memories fade over time which fits intoContinue reading “Artist Conversation #2”

I chose the story of the rain that fell on Saturday because rain isn’t something that happens every day in Southern California. Therefore, I saw it as something special and worth taking a few moments to appreciate and look at. I think I decent because I thought I captured some images that are beautiful becauseContinue reading “A Rainy Saturday in Photos”

Artist: Amanda QuinlanExhibition: unknownMedia: Oil PaintGallery: LBSU School of Art, Gatov Gallery East Amanda Quinlan is a student at California State University, Long Beach, who in this piece, explored the theme of fog and its ability to defamiliarize, obscure, and alter perceptions. I forgot to ask what School of Art she was in but I would assume Drawing andContinue reading “Artist Conversation #1”

This activity got frustrating especially when it came to drawing the trees because I tried to draw as best as I could but they had so much detail in them. I felt impatient with the process of drawing all the leafs or all the branches and so I tried to the best I could byContinue reading “Drinking and Drawing”

The form of this art is large, it has a rough texture, and its color is a dull grayish and brown. It also has lines wrapping around the tree which create the rough texture. It aesthetic is that it creates an emotion of wisdom, pain, and sadness because of the texture and color of theContinue reading “Everything is Art (even trees)”

The experience was weird but satisfying because typically when I do art I have something in mind that I want to put on the art piece. This time however, I had more fun because I was able to just do whatever I wanted instead of getting angry because I couldn’t draw or paint what IContinue reading “Abstract Finger Painting”

As I performed maintenance art around the USU, I felt odd because no one really goes to school to clean an artwork. It was interesting however because it also felt alleviating to take off the dust and leave the metal shiny. It was like if I had taken pressure off of myself. Mierle Laderman UkelesContinue reading “Maintenance Art Blog Post”