Personal PaintingRachel C. Hayes

I would like to further investigate my interest in women’s work, patterns and visual storytelling in a painting that utilizes a specific color scheme and direct painting approach. My painting will synthesize various patterns and colors as I create layers to tell a story about anxiety and lack of control.

Traditional women’s work of sewing & quiltingI am interested in the communal activity of quilting, as well as the

use and description of particular patterns and motifs.

Pattern Designs & Motifs

Quilts of Gee’s Bend

Patterns gone awry…

• Predictability to unpredictability

• Order to chaos

• Calm to anxiety

Jacob HashimotoI am inspired by his bold use of pattern and color, as well as

his use of non-traditional surfaces and formats.

Jacob Hashimoto

Beatriz MilhazesArticle about Beatriz Milhazes found here referencing

the Pattern & Decoration Movement, as well as her creativeprocess.

Beatriz Milhazes Interviewfound here

Barry McGee

“McGee’s paintings and drawings incorporate elegantly draughted elements of figurative linework and repetitive tessellations of geometric, abstract patterns which synthesise found and invented source material. In both formal and informal contexts, bold combinations of colour, shape and knowledgably crafted graphic elements sit against and beside one another, alive with energy and empathy. His pictorial sense touches on the global reach of unsanctioned art that takes place within the fabric of urban architecture, but equally on Hispanic and Latin-American decorative arts, and functional graphics sourced from the post-consumer world. Hundreds of uniquely painted panels and objects can be fitted together, butted against one another in an immersive, site-responsive hang that results from McGee’s openly intuitive working method.”

Excerpt from Press Release from here

Media-inspired research: Pinterest

Media-inspired research: Flickr

Artwork (unfinished)…yours would obviouslybe finished.

Final Artist’s Statement to fit on 1 or 2 slides that synthesizes your:

- Original proposal- Research: Thumbnails & written

brainstorming- Inspirational artists & why you are inspired

by them- Scholarly articles & links to their online

sources

To describe your artistic voice and art piece

Requirements for Research PowerPoint:• Black Background• White text (Century Gothic)• No slide transitions or PowerPoint effects• Title Slide (1)• Project Proposal (2)• Thumbnail Sketches (3+)• Images of artists/art periods/images that inform

your painting (Artist names & Titles as well)• Linked Readings pertaining to your inspired

artists/periods. These can be interviews, articles, essays about the artists. They can also be about philosophy or other pertinent topics.

• You may also excerpt readings, but they should be cited if they are not web-based.

• Final image of your Completed Painting• Artist Statement (1-2 slides)