Meeting #1 with Eve Ingalls

After two weeks of solid art-making, I finally met with my mentor Eve Ingalls. I brought all of the new work plus the painting that I did just before the residency. I brought 6 "pop-up" paintings, little girl- touch and feel painting, drawing on vellum, appropriated children's book drawing, small painting, and 4 videos. I brought plenty of work to discuss, thus the 4.5 hour meeting.

1. Initially, we discussed the larger painting, "We eat genetically engineered rabbits in New Jersey".

the basic gist of Eves comments on this painting:

She didn't think that I was fully using the potential of the paint- ie. opacity and transparency.
The images seemed to be determined and than simply filled in. There is no real activity (even though there is plenty of stuff). The value relationships are not very dynamic- especially at the edges (she compared the shortcomings of this painting to that of the successes of the small painting with the monkey). The painting also doesn't show that I can draw (like my smaller drawings).

2. The small painting with the monkey:

Successful. Notice the relationships between edges. Think about the stage and characters on the stage. Think about how the verious elements, whether a figure or color act out there role on the stage.