tcarlson
June 5th, 2008, 01:58 PM
Hello all,
I've posted series of work here in the past and I have gotten really good feedback. So I figured I would post the beginning of a series proposal and see what comments I might get.
I’m applying for a travel grant in Rome; apart of the grant is that you have to propose a series that justifies your being in Rome. My main idea is "Stoicism"; the series of is of painted portraits.
The process in which these portraits are painted involved referencing roman statues that I shot when I was in Rome. Looking at the photograph of the statue, I tie in characteristics of people that I know, social/world issues that I might be thinking about, and memories that I feel impressionable.
By combining these antiquities of the past, and my personal thoughts in this present, I hope to arrive at one of these possible if not all of these solutions:
-To touch on reasons for which stoicism was a philosophy that existed in human culture for 800 years.
-To run the class divide, by painting from statues of roman aristocracy, and memories from my contemporary American middle class background.
-To connect 2 different periods, and to pay tribute to the personalities of the passed by creating connections with the current day personalities that may not be so different.
http://photos-b.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v236/205/104/18156361085/n18156361085_870849_3552.jpg
Thomas John Carlson
"Teaching Assistant"
9"X12"
Oil on Canvas
http://photos-c.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v236/205/104/18156361085/n18156361085_870850_3885.jpg
Thomas John Carlson
"Office"
9"X12"
Oil on Canvas
http://photos-c.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v236/205/104/18156361085/n18156361085_840298_8569.jpg
Thomas John Carlson
Breathing Exercise
Oil on Canvas
11X14in
http://photos-a.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v236/205/104/18156361085/n18156361085_860960_13.jpg
Thomas John Carlson
"Log Cabin Frat Boys"
Oil on Canvas
12X16in
http://photos-d.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v236/205/104/18156361085/n18156361085_875403_1258.jpg
Thomas John Carlson
"Waitress"
Oil on Canvas
12X16in
http://photos-e.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v253/205/104/18156361085/n18156361085_904836_3682.jpg
Thomas John Carlson
"Beard Nation"
Oil on Canvas
12X16in
thank you any feedback will be appreciated..
Thomas John Carlson
www.tjcarlson.com
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Thomas-John-Carlson/18156361085
I've posted series of work here in the past and I have gotten really good feedback. So I figured I would post the beginning of a series proposal and see what comments I might get.
I’m applying for a travel grant in Rome; apart of the grant is that you have to propose a series that justifies your being in Rome. My main idea is "Stoicism"; the series of is of painted portraits.
The process in which these portraits are painted involved referencing roman statues that I shot when I was in Rome. Looking at the photograph of the statue, I tie in characteristics of people that I know, social/world issues that I might be thinking about, and memories that I feel impressionable.
By combining these antiquities of the past, and my personal thoughts in this present, I hope to arrive at one of these possible if not all of these solutions:
-To touch on reasons for which stoicism was a philosophy that existed in human culture for 800 years.
-To run the class divide, by painting from statues of roman aristocracy, and memories from my contemporary American middle class background.
-To connect 2 different periods, and to pay tribute to the personalities of the passed by creating connections with the current day personalities that may not be so different.
http://photos-b.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v236/205/104/18156361085/n18156361085_870849_3552.jpg
Thomas John Carlson
"Teaching Assistant"
9"X12"
Oil on Canvas
http://photos-c.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v236/205/104/18156361085/n18156361085_870850_3885.jpg
Thomas John Carlson
"Office"
9"X12"
Oil on Canvas
http://photos-c.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v236/205/104/18156361085/n18156361085_840298_8569.jpg
Thomas John Carlson
Breathing Exercise
Oil on Canvas
11X14in
http://photos-a.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v236/205/104/18156361085/n18156361085_860960_13.jpg
Thomas John Carlson
"Log Cabin Frat Boys"
Oil on Canvas
12X16in
http://photos-d.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v236/205/104/18156361085/n18156361085_875403_1258.jpg
Thomas John Carlson
"Waitress"
Oil on Canvas
12X16in
http://photos-e.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v253/205/104/18156361085/n18156361085_904836_3682.jpg
Thomas John Carlson
"Beard Nation"
Oil on Canvas
12X16in
thank you any feedback will be appreciated..
Thomas John Carlson
www.tjcarlson.com
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Thomas-John-Carlson/18156361085