An Inspiration to Me

Have you ever heard the saying, “A picture is worth a thousand words.”? Have you gotten that pang of warmth and excitement when you take in something visually then process it into an Idea? An idea that leads you to a world of different possibilities. Today, I got that feeling when trying to plan this weeks blog.

*Note to the teacher: I hope you don’t mind but I am twisting my interpretation of relating an “article” to my own personal research.

Earlier today, I thought I was going to write about an contemporary artwork, so I went to Google and typed “contemporary artwork” to get some ideas. I found a very interesting site that I think most of you will enjoy, that inspired me to write out my thoughts and ideas to get some feedback plus to remember what inspired me. (The website is at the bottom of this post.)

I looked through some of the artwork in the Sculpture section and found a few that caught my eye.

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Bruce Macmillian’s artwork was the first picture I found that looked interesting. I think it really focuses on the growth of a seed which can be tiny and emphasizes life can sprout from something as small as this. I was mainly amused by Pam Stem’s crafting of the tree and how I could derive an idea from this. I saw Jason Houchen’s work and I have always imagined doing something similar, except I would add my own personal flare to it. I really like the aspect of designing a tree by twisting metal. When I first saw the thumbnail of Lana Chu’s limb I really liked the glossy appearance of the art which made it look fragile. I posted Michele DeSutter’s p because when I laid my eyes on it, it really reminded me of one of my own artworks. :)

My artistic side shone through while browsing the many posted artworks of so many talented people. I have sketched my ideas down that were inspired by the pictures I saw and I even hope to actually make some of them!

Works Cited:

"Find Contemporary Art & Original Art in online artist galleries at Artspan." Find Contemporary Art & Original Art in online artist galleries at Artspan. N.p., n.d. Web. 3 Sept. 2011. <http://www.artspan.com/>.