Personal Work: A Collection of Painting, Drawings, Sketches, Photography, Furniture Design and Community Personal Work: Service A Collection of Painting, Drawings, Sketches, Photography, Furniture Design and Community Service
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I was award-winning artist in was high recognized school that in was in England the greater New England area. I was anan award-winning artist that therecognized greater New area when I These are two pieces, the top, an oil painting and on the right a hand drawing. When I was an was in high school. These are 2 pieces, the top, an oil painting and to the right a hand drawing. under gradI at a liberal arts college, I was pursuing a degree political ascience. During thatscience. time period, a When was an undergrad at a liberal arts college, I was inpursuing degree in political tension whetheremerged I should whether pursue my skills in art ormy to divorce my artistic During thatemerged time, a tension I should pursue skills in myself art or tofrom divorce myselfpassion from artistic passion for my major, wasI not It wasn’t untilCentury Archifor my major that was interesting but notalthough fulfilling. interesting It wasn’t until wasfulfilling. introduced to a 20th I was introduced a 20th architecture my life. It both tecture History to class thatcentury changed my life. It history satiatedclass boththat my changed artistic sensibilities and my appreciation satiated my artistic sensibility more importantly had influenced a historicalby and politicalpolitical significance for history and politics. 20thbut Century architectureitwas changing trends from that related to my studies of political 20th century was influenced communism to independence fromscience. colonial powers. Newarchitecture ideological thoughts only perpetuated new bythoughts changinginpolitical from communism to independence from socialist, colonial powers. New design.trends New concepts in Architecture were becoming there was a drive to create ideological thoughts only perpetuated new thoughts in design. Such new ideas in architecture minimalist architecture to free the laborer from extraneous and excessive detailing. Let architecture be were becoming socialist, create minimalist designs to free the laborer from extraneous and excessive simple and pure and not hide behind the garishness of ornament. details. Let architecture be simple to transcend the purity it’s ideas rather than be adorned with traditional garishness..
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Freehand Drawing Freehand Freehand drawing Drawingwas wasthe thefirst firstdesign designclass classI Itook tookwhen whenI Ientered first entered architecture school. It proved be fruitful in training my and eye hand and hand design school. It proved to betofruitful in training my eye as as well well as as learning learning to to work work persistently persistently for for long long hours hours on on a project. a project. More importantly drawing a life skill in architecture More importantly drawing is a life longisskill in long architecture whether one whether it beansketching an idea oratranslating to askill client. is sketching idea or translating design to a a concept client. This has This skill for meand as aa student and a professional. paved thehas waypaved for methe asway a student professional. .
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