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I just did this one for fun–I finished it last night.
Mr. Penguin and Baby Penguin
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Orange Plains Collage
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I finished this a couple of days ago but didn’t have a chance to take pictures of it until today. This is my first attempt at doing a landscape collage. I think I’ll work on a few more landscape collages–I like the idea of broadening my range of subject matter.
Dachshund Collage
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Here’s the dachshund collage that I finished the other day. I also did a landscape piece today that I’ll post later this week or weekend–whenever I get a chance to take pictures of it.
Sunflowers
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Here’s the sunflower collage I finished.
Daffodils and Green Coffee Cup
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Here are the last two collages I’ve completed. I’ve just begun another dachshund collage. I think I’ll try to make another dachshund collage where the dog is an abnormal color.
I also recently joined the Art League and renewed my membership with the Del Ray Artisans. The Del Ray Artisans are about to have another juried exhibition, this one will be called “The Enduring Nude.” I think I’ll frame a sketch I did during one of my life drawing classes with them and enter it.
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Red Coffee Cup Collage
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I’ve decided to work on a coffee cup series as well as I get prepared for Art on the Avenue (in hopes that I’ll get into it). This is the first one I’ve completed and I’m currently working on another one.
Swan and Flower Collages
Here’s an update on the collages I’ve been creating this summer. I’m about to begin a coffee cup series as well, and once I finish the first piece I’ll post that as well.
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Senior Art Show
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April 30 – May 23, 2008
Belk Galleries; Elon University, North Carolina
Megan Coyle’s “Samantha” portrait collage was on display in Belk Galleries. The show was run by and exhibited the artwork of senior art students. A select few artists were chosen for this exhibition, where they displayed one or two pieces of their artwork. The show had work that ranged from representational to abstraction and included two-dimensional pieces as well as three-dimensional sculptures and ceramics.
Megan created her collage portrait, “Samantha,” specifically for this exhibition. It gave Megan a chance to continue exploring the human form after completing the portrait study for her senior thesis exhibition.
Senior Thesis Exhibition
This past Sunday was the opening reception for the first senior thesis exhibition. If you click here you can see the posting I did on our school’s website to advertise the exhibition. It will be open until April 30th, when the work will be taken down to make room for the other half of the seniors as they hold their exhibition. Here are pictures of all the artwork that was on display, along with the six framed collages of mine that I put up:
Senior Thesis Exhibition
April 20 – April 30, 2008
Elon Arts West Gallery; Elon University, North Carolina
From the beginning of the school year, senior art students met with a committee of professors to develop their ideas for their senior thesis exhibition. Megan worked on six collage portraits where she went through a process of intense editing for each one. This was Megan’s first cohesive body of collage work.
The senior exhibition featured the work of eleven artists who worked in a variety of media, including photography, ceramics, collage, and installation. The artists didn’t limit themselves to the media they studied—for instance, Megan was a painting major and she exhibited collages (although her collages have a heavy painting influence).
Megan Coyle’s senior thesis artwork was on display in Elon Arts West Gallery. Her thesis included the following collage portraits: “Benjamin,” “Jean,” “Bill,” “Bren,” “Scott,” and “Ali.” The exhibition lasted two weeks before it was taken down to make room for the second senior art exhibition.
The following was Megan’s artist statement for the exhibition:
I associate the people I’m close to with scenes in my mind, with memories and places that illustrate their personalities. By bringing together the human form, and the associations that illustrate these people, a conversation is created between the work and its viewers. The narratives form a story that others can imagine in their minds. Each setting was made specifically for each sitter, relating to what kind of person he or she is. For each portrait, the setting, shadows, everyday objects, and sitter’s expression, represents each figure’s personality as I see it. The variations in the developed surface have reminded me of the complexities of the different planes and areas of muscles on the human face. Thus collage works well in communicating the variety of forms and values seen when looking at people.