Sadly my production of artwork has been close to none these past three weeks. Even though I graduated, I feel just as busy as when I was taking classes (somehow), but this weekend I'm going to make some artistic goals for myself for the summer. Hopefully that will get me goin'.
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| The Fly 'Houle'-igans |
In the meantime, this here collection of flies above is the only artwork I've made this summer. A year or two ago, I made some name tags for all the people in the lab I work in, which included these little cartoon flies. Each fly has its own unique set of mutations (some real, some not-so-real), and this summer we hired a few new people, so I got to add some new flies to the 'Houle'-igans collection!
Aside from fly doodles, I just finished reading
a book on the artist Egon Schiele called
Egon Schiele: Drawings & Watercolors, by Jane Kallir:
It would be a crime if I didn't talk about his art at some point in this blog, so I think now is the time to do it. Egon Schiele painted over 100 self-portraits in his lifetime, was one of the first artists to paint himself naked (and show it publicly), and became one of the most successful young artists, dying at the age of 28. Schiele is notorious for his overtly sexual portraits, not only for their shocking honesty, but for the new purpose he gave nudity in art. Instead of being pornographic or idealistic portraits of the human figure, Schiele portrays his figures as grotesque, starved, contorted bodies, exposing themselves awkwardly to the viewer. By removing the aesthetically pleasing and sensual aspect of the nude figure, Schiele allows nudity to express undertones of anguish, vulnerability, anxiety, and deep psychological aspects of the model and himself. Due to this extreme openness in Schiele's artwork, many perceive his life's work as a personal diary, revealing every intimate and embarrassing detail of adolescence.
I could go on all day about him, so I'll leave it at this. But if any of you are interested, you should totally read this book.
And because I literally couldn't choose, here is a massive amount of Egon Schiele's work:
Landscapes and Flowers:
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| The Door to the Open, 1912, watercolor and pencil |
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| House with Drying Laundry, 1917, oil on canvas |
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| Wilted Sunflower, 1912, gouache and pencil |
Portraits and Nudes:
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| Nude Girl with Folded Arms (Gerti), 1910, watercolor and black crayon |
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| Semi-Nude Girl with Red Hair (Kneeling Girl), 1917, gouache and black crayon |
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| Schiele, Drawing a Nude Model Before a Mirror, 1910, pencil |
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| Two Girls on Fringed Blanket, 1911, gouache, watercolor, ink and pencil |
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| Two Girls, Lying Entertwined, 1915, gouache and pencil |
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| Woman Undressing, 1914, gouache and pencil |
Edith and Wally:
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| Edith Schiele, 1918, black crayon |
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| Edith Schiele, Seated, 1915, gouache, watercolor, and black crayon |
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| Lovers (Self-Portrait with Wally), 1915, gouache, watercolor, and pencil |
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| Seated Couple (Egon and Edith Schiele), 1915, gouache and pencil |
Allegorical Paintings:
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| Cardinal and Nun (Caress), 1912, oil on canvas |
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| Death and Man II (The Self-Seers), 1911, oil on canvas |
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| Death and the Maiden (Man and Girl), 1915, oil on canvas |
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| Mother and Child (Madonna), 1908, sanguine, charcoal and white chalk |
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| Transfiguration (The Blind II), 1915, oil on canvas |
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| Young Mother, 1914, oil on canvas |
Self-Portraits:
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| Nude Self-Portrait, 1912, ink and black crayon |
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| Seated Male Nude (Self-Portrait), 1910, oil and gouache on canvas |
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| Self-Portrait with Hand to Cheek, 1910, gouache, watercolor, and charcoal |
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| Self-Portrait, 1910, gouache, watercolor and black crayon |
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| Self-Portrait with Arm Twisted Above Head, 1910, watercolor and charcoal |
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