23 December 2010

Nora Sturges

I'm trying to start catching up with posts about the wealth of artists I've been looking up lately.
This is the work of Nora Sturges, recommended to me by MICA professor Michael Weiss, based on my Allegory of Home #2 drawing, and my interest in the vast, surreal, and narrative landscape. I love her work, and there is a ton of it. She has an interesting narrative series about the explorer Marco Polo, which has a similar feel to what I'm trying to do with my self-portrait drawings: sort of taking a single character on a journey, which in my case illustrates my personal experience.
These images and many more on the artist's website.


At the End of Five Days' Journey, You Begin to Discover a Few Towns Built Upon Rocky Heights
Development
You Traverse a Country that is Destitute of Every Sign of Habitation, the People Having All Fled
Platform

07 December 2010

Open House exhibition

My sketchbook is in a show right now, in MICA's Fox 2 Gallery.
It is a show that the Drawing/Painting/GFA departments put together for the National Portfolio Day, which took place at MICA this weekend. It showcases a lot of great work from juniors and seniors in the above-mentioned departments, handpicked by faculty.
Following are some gallery photos. The show is up through next Monday, 13 December, so check it out if you have a chance!

My book, (image © J. Timlin 2010)