Theses and Dissertations at Montana State University (MSU)
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Item The Corn Palace is blue, or, Interiors I know(Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Arts & Architecture, 1992) Jacobson, David PaulThe primary abstract component in my paintings and pastels is the intensity of color that is provided by my responses to light. The hues and geometric shapes of light and architecture subdue the illusion of three dimensional space: distant light - walls and ceilings - advance, while foreground - floors and furniture - recede. I design these architectural elements and paint them in colors that will facilitate a coexistent duality of flatness and perspective depth. To achieve harmony in this contrast of illusion, I use both simple and complex processes. By sketching, drafting, and xeroxing, I investigate light and value, composition and color. The results of these explorations are skeletons for my paintings and pastels. I then translate these preliminary ideas into more complete pieces by using first opaque and then transparent layers of paint or pastel to achieve intense, but balanced color effects. The spaces I portray are de-humanized even in my initial sketchings. Occupants in these public spaces have no importance to me. In this respect, I am a minimalist. My work manifests a personal and abstract narrative which consists of color, shape, geometry and design. The human element is, and is provided by, the viewer.Item Moments(Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Arts & Architecture, 1990) Honeyman, Elizabeth FryeSpace, color, light, rhythm, and movement are among the formal qualities I use to express my moment of creation. The two sets of paintings (the black and white paintings and the fluorescent paintings) reflect the time and place in which they were painted. Most of the fluorescents were painted during the bright summer and in a large well-lighted studio. The black and white paintings are products of the dark cramped studio in which they were painted. These were done during the fall and early winter. These works are created in a direct and immediate relationship with the canvas and are a reflection of the process of life. The process of painting coequals the fluidity and awareness of the moment and its expansion into life.