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Of the three artists I’ve studied this year, Marion Bolognesi was my favorite. Her work appeals to me because it’s influenced by abstraction, is colorful, and is realistic all at the same time. These three elements are my favorite combination that I’ve found so far. Also, I’ve always had a fascination with eyes, the main thing that Bolognesi paints on her own. Marion Bolognesi’s main job is to design handbags. Her designs are simple but interesting. For a while before this, Bolognesi was an illustrator for children’s books. I’ve personally had an interest in the concept of both of these jobs before. I think I would enjoy designing clothing more than handbags, but both would be fun. As for illustrating children’s books, I’ve thought that decoration was really cool since I was very little. So much so that at the daycare I went to, when we were writing and illustrating books of our own, I went all out. My book was mainly cardboard, tissue paper, a lot of paint, and cardstock. My elaborate story was accompanied by the most vividly colored pictures I could manage. I really enjoyed adorning this little book and would like to do it again sometime. It’s fun in art to dive deep into your mind and be imaginative with your drawings/paintings. Emotion has been troubling me more and more as I get older because I quite simply don’t understand it in myself. On the contrary, I read others’ emotions and empathize with ease. I’ve always been fascinated with them and the way that Bolognesi is able to capture so much of an emotion with simply watercolor paintings of eyes amazes me. Her work varies, however, and some of her pieces do have some other facial features but never the entire head. Every brush stroke adds to the overall feel of the work. From the curves and edges to the vivid or soft colors, every detail creates another layer of emotion. While trying to recreate her works, I found it very difficult convey quite the amount of emotion that she is able to. I love all of her pieces so it’s quite difficult for me to choose just a few to call my favorites. Of her watercolor paintings, Figure 1-2 are my favorites. Figure 1 is so upbeat and happy which makes me happy. I also really like the color scheme. Figure 2 caught my interest because it conveys an emotion that I’ve experienced that words cannot easily describe. That’s another thing I really like about her work, it says what words can’t about emotions. We all know what emotion it is conveying, but don’t have the words to describe it. Figure 3 is my favorite out of her collaborations. She came together with Stephen Holding and created something spectacular. Design and color seem to be more of a theme than emotion in this piece and I actually really like that because the way that it’s put together has a nice flow. I really like that it’s a shadow box because of the dimension and effect it gives the piece. Holding’s work highlights the colorful abstract influence in Bolognesi’s work perfectly. I love what they ended up with and hope that they’ll collaborate more often. These images and more can be found on Marion Bolognesi’s artist site, http://www.marion-b.com/ .
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