Master's Theses

Department

Art

Degree Name

Master of Arts (MA)

Abstract

My thesis exhibition represents my search for a personally satisfying balance of form and content. My particular artistic interest is the expressionistic figure. As an undergraduate, my paintings consisted largely of single primitive figures set in similar environments and painted with flat planes of arbitrary color. These works had a certain presence but relatively few of them seemed to be really effective. As a beginning graduate student, I first attempted to combine mildly abstract figures with slightly more sophisticated pain handling, but with little success. My breakthrough came when I started worrying less about the preciseness of the figures and any predetermined content and concentrated instead upon the pure pleasure of working with the materials.

Keywords

Acrylic painting, Abstract works, Creative ability, Fort Hays State University, Color, Conceptual art

Advisor

Kathleen Kuchar

Date of Award

Summer 1988

Document Type

Thesis - campus only access

Rights

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