Charmine Olivia

Recently i came across this american based artist Charmaine Olivia, i find her work so inspirational. I could spend hours looking at her use of the female form with animal body parts and liquid ink drawings. Take a look for yourself!

http://charmaineolivia.com/drawings.html

Ink Motion

"The Act Of Change"

"The Act Of Change"

Dancer Layer

                    As humans, we are constantly in motion. Weather we are aware of this or not, change is an ever present form in our lives. "The Act Of Change" painting incorporates the different aspects of change encountered in life. The dancers represent the physical aspect of motion, the girl crying represents the change which we find difficult, while the girl with her arms out represents the liberation felt when positive change occurs. The painting is fragmented because change rarely impacts one aspect of our life in isolation, it seeps into the very roots of our soul. It's seldom one swift motion. Weather major or minor, change is one of life's certainties.

Girl Crying Layer

Girl reaching out, layer

All three layers seperate

Final piece when all layers are together.

"Step III" Exhibition

                     The "Step III" exhibition took place in Block T, Smithfield Dublin in April 2011. It was a collaborative exhibition of work from myself and some fellow colleagues of mine in 3rd year Fine Art at DIT. The piece which i displayed in the exhibition was my "Echoed Vacancy" piece which i spoke about earlier. The exhibition was truly successful and a wonderful experience. Hopefully we will have more exhibitions to follow!

Emma Brown

Doug Barrett

Claire Mc Cluskey

Carmel Mannion

Mason McMillon

Maeve O'Flaherty

Thomas Moran

Bridie Farrell

Emma Brown & Linda Byrne

3rd Yr DIT 2011 - "Step III"

Echoed Vacancy

"Echoed Vacancy"

              For the next step of my research i looked at the objects that emigrants took with them. What was left behind or the space left in their home where these items once stood. Communicating through emails and photographs with emigrants helped me to do this. Then collaborating these many items from individuals to make one abstract form, i subtracted the form from the card which it was drawn onto and i then drew the object on the next piece of card, in a slightly smaller size and repeated the process. Each layer of 3D drawing represents the passing of time and the vacant pass which is left behind.

The layering process