I'm a Facebooker again!

Hey Again!!!

Just a friendly notice that I am, once again, back on Facebook!!! Here's the LINK. Feel free to stop by and 'like' my page and leave me comments.. good and bad! :) Not only do I Facebook... but I tweet too!

Peace, Love, and ART.

My Ode to Luigi Portrait

Hey All!!!

I found THIS PHOTO (a Stefan Petrunov painting, a Bulgarian artist,) while partaking in my daily scouring of Pinterest(<<Follow my boards!). 

This GREAT portrait of a dog has inspired ME to do a portrait of my most beloved pet... EVER-Luigi, the studly, loveable, ornery bunny rabbit I call mine. So ladies and gentleman this is my latest project! I have a fresh canvas primed and ready to go, 16" x 20" canvas to be exact. 

Here's a photo of my first go at a sketch of Luigi. His eye is giving me a headache, BUT I'm going to step away, come back, and push through it. I will post a progress photo with my plans for the color scheme. His body will mostly make up of cool-tones with a warm-toned background... basically the opposite of Stefan Petrunov's color scheme picture above). 

Here's the reference photo I was using of Luigi. It is,by far, my favorite photo of him. He has such a studly pose and masculine look, while simultaneously looking sweet and ornery. When trying to imagine what he's thinking in this moment, you can go in a million different directions.  So this is My Ode to Luigi. 

My Ode to Luigi, digital print.

Well love-bugs. Thanks again for visiting, I am about 250 views away from reaching 1,000 views. When I get to my 1,000th view. The first person to email me their address, gets a free digital print of a photo tba, all other emails will receive something in the mail as well. :) Check out my website to see options... This way I can thank all of you personally for viewing my blog! :)

Peace, Love, and ART.

500 VIEWS!

Hi Everyone!!!

I just wanted to announce that I have reached 500 views on my blog. I realize to big time bloggers, that's just chump-change, BUT to me it's great news, and feels like a million bucks! I am so happy to be blessed with family and friends that are supportive and take the time to check my blog regularly. I also, want to thank the new-comers, and passerby's for giving my blog a chance. I hope in the future I can continue to spread the love, art, and inspiration that I am feeling. Thank you again EVERYONE, for giving me a chance and, more importantly, your time. 

Peace, Love, and ART!

Nostalgia.

Nostalgia: 

     nos·tal·gia, noun, a wistful desire to return in thought or in fact to a former time in  one's life, to one's home or homeland, or to one's family and friends; a sentimental yearning for the happiness of a former place or time: a nostalgia for his college days.*

I have spent most of my day filling out job applications, and with doing this I have had to really think about what my long-term goals are. I am faced with this question because, not surprisingly, employers want to know the answer to this. With this I have had to think about why I went to college, what I got out of college, and what do I want to do with this experience and knowledge I have gained. 

Well folks, I can't say I've really pin-pointed an exact career goal, but I do feel strongly that it is my calling to spread art to the everyday people. I don't know how I will do it, or if it will happen in my near future... but I want everyone to feel like art is accessible to them regardless of their demographic background or their education. I want to emphasize the importance that art plays in a person's life, whether that person be a child, an adult, or anyone in between. In the meantime of figuring this out, I began to feel nostalgic. Much like the definition of Nostalgia, I was aching "for my college days". Not the house parties... or Athens' plethora of bar choices... or late night/early morning delivery options... Well, let's be honest-I do miss those! BUT my true nostalgia lies within the School of Art at Ohio University. 

The school of art (SOA) building is truly where I was tested as a person, student, and artist. There's a sense of community among the art students... because college is hard, and all-nighters are common in all majors-no one's arguing that-BUT nothing compares to practically living and staying all night in a BIG, scary, retro, empty building that creeks and cracks over the blasting, diverse sounds of Talking Heads, Tupac, or The Velvet Underground, all while you are supposed to create something that defines you and is wonderful and concise--TALK ABOUT PRESSURE! Not only do I miss this building, and the community, but I miss the constant push, and enlightenment I got from fellow students and faculty.

This being said, whether those faculty and students know their impact on my artist voice or not, I want to share some of their works with you. Make sure to visit their websites too, I know you won't regret it! :)

First on my list of inspirational students is Paige Wright. I made the mistake in one of my last quarters to take a ceramics and the figure class that I was beyond under-qualified for. Not to mention, it was my first college-level ceramics class (and a 400-level class, at that). Not only was this class one of the hardest classes I had to push through, but I felt I was an amateur amongst pros. Paige was a grad-assistant to Tom Bartel-Associate Professor. With her and Tom's efforts, they made me feel at home in the Ceramics studio, and helped me to push through this class. This was the beginning of my love and admiration for everything ceramics.

Page Wright, CHECK OUT HER WEBSITE!!!

Rosemarie Basile, a Professor, an Advisor, and above all-A MENTOR. I would never have graduated if it were for her. She is truly an inspiration, and an amazing woman.

Next on my list of inspirational faculty would be John Sabraw. Initially, he scared the shit out of me-I will be honest, but as time went on... I realized 2 things: I gained more out of his class than all of my beginning classes combined, & his bark is much bigger than his bite (but that secret is safe with me... assuming SOA sophomores are not reading this blog).

John Sabraw, CHECK OUT HIS WEBSITE!!

I hope you are equally as inspired by these artist's websites as I am, more inspirations to come. 

Peace, Love, and Art. 

*All photos in this blog entry are not my personal photos, and were found on the web. Definition of Nostalgia provided by Wikipedia.com*

Pebbles & Pathways II

Hi Friends and Family!

I decided to spend my night re-touching my previous painting that I started about a month ago. I knew it didn't feel finished... but I felt it was best to walk away from it, and not force any false ideas onto it. I wanted to wait for the right creative direction to approach me. Finally, it hit me... while I was spray-painting my new shelves (black) for my apartment. The newspaper I was using to protect the ground from spray-paint debris had a fantastic value grade (ombré... if you will), I felt like the panting needed more depth. So I cut the newspaper into little squares and rectangles, and decided to collage that onto the painting.  Focusing on areas of the painting that were loosing their interest.

I have a little further to go with this, just small details-BUT here's the painting as is... I feel the new additions made the difference I was looking for. 

Detailed shot of the painting... 

ALMOST finished!!! Need a little more gold and white tones.

My best Critiques come from Luigi... he really knows his Art.

Well my friends, I am sleepy... Will update again soon!

Peace, Love, and Art.

A little beach R&R...

Hi All!!!

I am back from my temporary hiatus... the hiatus was for a great reason, this I assure you. I just got back from spending about 2 weeks with my family in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. All my nieces and nephews were there, along with my sisters and brother-in-laws. It was a fantastic time full of sand, boogey-boarding, arts and crafts, and Oreos! I will post a few more of my favorites from the arts and craft sessions with the little ones... here are a couple photos for now... 

Create your own postcards (watercolors on index cards)... [Photo by Christy Hahn, Edits by moi].

Toilet paper roll monsters... I began this with an idea to make an octopus, but I thought monsters would be more fun! [Photo and edits done by moi].

 I have spent a few hours editing some of my favorites from this year's vacation, I hope to make postcards for each family of some of these photos, so we can remember our trip this year. Another great idea would be to transfer these photos to canvases for them-A nicer touch to a home, and the canvases have a bit more substance than just photos in a frame. 

The McAllisters!!! [Photo and edits by me].

My nephew. [Photos by Christy Hahn, edits by yours truly].

My neice, the sun goddess. [Photo and edits by me].

Ma mere & moi. [Photo by John Hahn, edits by me].

My Neice and I. [Photo by Christy Hahn,  edits by me].

My sister's beautiful family! [Photo by Christy Hahn, edits by me].

My sister and her oldest. [Photo by Christy Hahn, edits by me].

This is typical, My Dad. [Photo by Christy Hahn, edits by me].

Last, but not least... a little father-in-law/son-in-law bonding... or something like that... 

My brother-in-laws with my dad. [Photo by Christy Hahn, edits by me].

Hope you enjoyed these photos... Trust me it was very hard for me to pick my favorites, but I think these pretty much summed up our vacation. 

Make sure to keep checking back regularly, as I touch on everything creative in my life. I am focusing on doing a lot of projects with my nieces,  (4 and 8), to get a better idea of which crafts  work best, and to help figure out all kinks in the projects before I use them on a larger group. The toilet paper roll monsters went VERY well, and better yet, went we fabulously for both age groups. 

Pace&Love for now, 

Brittany