Paintings and Prints 2008-09

At Cedar Crest College there are three things no Art Student can escape with out knowing. They are the Art class's female Model. The Statue of a decapitated nude boy squeezing a fish. And this fellow Baum, this is a painting of the bust of Baum. His face crooked because the bust was made post stroke.
This is a painting of my boyfriend's parents. I made them a christmas gift in 2007. It's slightly odd, but I feel a sense of Jackson Pollock, especially his early work "Going West". I used similar browns and the sofa adds the same oval composition.
This is a lion fish, my first wood cut print. I love using wood cut. There is a straigh line crossing through the eye. I accidently slipped the blade and cut my finger. I got frustrated, but then I took a break went online and started looking up internships. I then got an internship at Landis Valley Museum for the Summer, cool right.
This a painted box for my Boyfriend, Derek for Christmas. The guy loves owls. I wasn't sure about posting this image because I am not keen about the style. It reminds me so much of the Harry Potter Fan art... although if I wanted I could submit in a Harry Potter fan art contest... and.... and...
This is a study of Derek. This is a fun story. We were both at my favorite coffee shop for dinner. I started to draw pictures of him on napkins. Oddly enough, I started to get attention from passerbys. So I went out got a canvas and the painted a study of him watching Family Guy... yes it is that easy.
Derek, as a college requirement, has to take, Art History. He had to write a paper on one thing he thought is Art and one thing that he doesn't consider Art. He chose to bring in my painting of him as Art. His professor, said my painting style resembled Van Gogh. Blushing.... although Van Gogh did go insane, and I hope very much that isn't in my future.

Sketches 2008-09

This is one of my latest nude studies, Spring 2009. My art professor sophomore year said my work resembles Kathy Kollwitz. I love Kolwitz's prints and figure studies. But, they really scare me.. they represent the dark fear of loss and grief.

2009, I love the belly and legs of this figure. Something definitely went right. 2009
This is an adstract drawing, drawn from a close up of a still life. I saw fish and I used magazines as a method for adding color.
This is a nude study, it's ok. I really like the belly again. I love the shadows on necks, and they always appear very strong.
This is a 30 piece still life drawn in 2008. Want to count the images? I just tried and gave up. My favorite is the sketch of the lantern. Go to the water bucket, follow the spout and there is the top of the lantern.
This a water color and charcoal drawing from 2009
2009
This is a portrait of a girl from my drawing class in 2008.
Study for the painting Baum.
2008.

Romaine Brooks

This is my first week of the semester, I am not in the routine of being swamped with work, yet. I went to the library before watching the Real World with my room mate, Jasmine. I glanced at the art section on the second floor of the Cressmen Library by the windows. I pulled out books on N.C. Wyeth and Charles Demuth. I am glad to say I went to the BrandyWine River museum this summer, and I loved it. I feel as though my own work is heading to the more natural tones of Andrew Wyeth. I also want to paint still lifes like Demuth. As I searched more, behind a biography of De Kooning, I saw her.

I saw on a book cover, a ghost who escaped the hellish ruin in the background. She wore a top hat and long black jacket; she stood tall and confident. Maybe it is human nature to be curious about hell and ruin. I held the book with two hands as I tried to see into the eyes of the ghost. A black shadow casted by her top hat conceals her icy stare. I could barely see the whites of her eyes. The heavy, charred, blue sky behind her gave me an unexpected heaviness. The feeling of Apocalypse has the same crushing weight. This is Romaine Brooks. As I flipped through the first chapter, this is a portrait of a forever scarred soul emerging from the Holocaust. I felt the power of strength, and will, by looking at the straightness of someone who emerged out of ash and ember. She's not a ghost at all, she's a survivor. This must be the epitome of endurance and perservance of the human heart. I put the Wyeth books back on the shelf.

The beginning of this series

Hello, My name is Molly Bair. This is a picture of me at the Mattress Factory in Pittsburgh, PA. This is an installation by Yayoi Kusama, Infinity Dots Mirrored Room. The picture is not great quality because it was taken by my dad on his cell phone.

I am a starting artist. My purpose for having a blog is to discover other artists as well as present my own porfolio. My journals are weekly updates of my work as well as my influences.

Currently, I am a senior at Cedar Crest College. I am an Integrated Art with Science Major. Which is self designed. As for my career goals, I am in limbo. It's my last year as an undergraduate student and I am working on figuring out the next step. I have looked into Art Conservation, Art journalism, and Museum Studies. I have also looked at pursuing my own work, the starving artist stigma is very chilling. It is overwhelming to find a niche.Well, it's about self discovery and self realization as well as learning from other people.

This is the reason my blog site will not limited to my work but to finding the works of others whether it be literature, music, art.