Robyn O'Neil

Known for her graphite drawings is Robyn O'Neil, American artist from Nebraska. Her pieces range in the emotions they convey from hopeful, to straight up scary. Many of her drawings include men in black suits, reminding one of a cult.




The first drawing gives off an eerie and dark vibe. It may be the pile of humans (most likely dead), or the looming line of dark trees in the background. O'Neil does a good job of giving the viewer a sense of depth, making objects in the foreground bigger and farther apart.




The second drawing is interesting. It gives the viewer a sense of danger or hostility. It seems as if the people in this picture are fighting, but I'm not quite sure who is fighting who. You can also see a group of people in the background. The bare trees makes me believe that this takes place in the winter time. Maybe they are all seasonally depressed and that's why they're fighting each other (kidding).




I'm not sure I understand this picture. The drawing of the horse is well executed, including detail and shading. However, I'm not sure what is going on when we get to the horse's head. It seems to be in a cloud, more specifically, a rain cloud, or a cloud of a storm of some sort.

Marlene Dumas

Marlene Dumas, born in South Africa, is an artist whose art is focused on the real and surreal aspects of the human body. Although a painter, one can still appreciate the artistry of her pieces and relate it to aspects of our drawing class.




This picture really grabs the viewer's attention to the eyes. They are the lightest, and I think they have most detail in this painting. I like how Dumas used unconventional colors to create the face in this piece. Despite this, you are still able to see the different values in the hues she chose to use.




For this picture, Dumas again uses not the usual skin tones, but a greyish green and blue. I really like how she made the lips darker. This image reminds me of the exercise we did where, if the plane changed, we would draw it a different shade. The child's face seems to be like this.




I found this piece to be particularly interesting. The emotion I feel when looking at this is anger, sadness, resentment. I thought it was funny that I felt this and the title is "Intimate Relations". The red, orange, and yellow she chose really gives off those feelings. I also thought the grey face was an interesting touch.

Trenton Doyle Hancock

Trenon Doyle Hancock has a unique style to his art. His abstract creations incorporate different objects, colors, and drawing techniques to create the overall picture. At first glance, you may not notice some of the things hidden within the picture. Most of his drawings are rather abstract.




This drawing took me a while to realize what it is. Within the various shapes and colors, you can make out a human. To me, it seems as if the person is bound to the spotlight (spotlight could be refer to fame, attention in general, etc) and can't escape.



Within the mound of things on the top of this drawing, there seems to be body parts. I like how there isn't much color in the overall drawing, but Hancock choice to use it in certain places works well for the picture.



This picture is interesting. I tried to read everything at the bottom right side, but I couldn't read it all. Maybe it is in reference to a person's outwards appearance and how it isn't necessarily an accurate portrayal of the person. The image itself, again, contains body parts within other various objects. The color choice is really cool and gives off an interesting vibe.

Kerstin Kartscher

Kerstin Kartscher is an artist known for her pieces dealing with contemporary women. These women praise their femininity within the pictures. The drawings incorporate landscapes with shapes and other focal points, such as flowers and women. She her pictures are mostly a dull background color, but she adds contrasting colors to emphasize certain figures within the composition.




This picture seems to have an ocean like landscape. With the pink coloring, it looks as if parts of the picture were on fire. I'm not really sure why there is a monkey in the drawing. She does a lot of shading by using multiple lines, like in the ocean waves, or in the clouds in the sky.




I think this picture is really interesting. The background looks shaded in lines like the last drawing. I think the black fireplace and easel are a great contrast to the grey background.




In this picture, you can see the focus of femininity by Kartscher. She does this by focusing on that object in black, rather than a color that blends with the background, like the greyish-pink flower/plant thing.