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
Recommended Citation
Sparks, Ralph V., "The Neighborhood" (1988). Master's Theses. 2082.
DOI: 10.58809/ZKWL2883
Available at:
https://scholars.fhsu.edu/theses/2082
Rights
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