Walking into the JoAlJi exhibit you feel as if you just entered into some sort of fantasy land, a more whimsical place. With origami and flowers hanging from the ceiling and artwork painted on each wall along with the hanging work, the exhibit addresses your senses and beckons you forward throughout the exhibit. The 3 artists work all flow very well together, making it easy to look at one and then another who all have different styles and mediums of which they make their art but they all adhere to a similar feel making the exhibit spectacular.
Joanna Gray, a senior, is a very technical artists with immense skill at painting and drawing people. Much of her work is oil on canvas along with some colored pencil to bring out the shadows and make the image more detailed. Her art has a life like quality and it captivates the viewer, drawing them in close for a better look at the surface of her painting. I think her best work in the echibit is "Natalia" because of the technique and the emotion and the quality of the work. The oil paint on canvas captures the essence of this girl who is very close to Joanna and it astonishes me how well she has mastered the techniques and painting people. Alex Turner, also a senior, uses photography as the main source of his artwork. Many of his images have subtle humor in them, with the image not coming out entirely perfect. Some of his work is a little odd but stops to make you think about what was happening in the photo and how he got to that point and that idea. He also has a series of self portraits which is what I was primarily interested in because he doesn't depict himself in the normal self-portrait way, but one more expressive. The way he arranges space in his self portraits is so interesting and draws in the viewer's attention. The last senior in this show is Jinny Kang. Jinny is very meticulous with her work and just as skilled at drawing people as Joanna. Jinny pays tight attention to detail and a lot of her work is centered around the fun anime cartoons that she draws (much of that was installed on the walls) and her drawings all have a dream like quality. Some work is simple pen on paper but is so ridiculously tight that it looks like it could have been printed. She also completed many still lifes that look like they could have been taken right out of real life due to their attention to detail. Jinny's best work in my opinion is "The Dream that Killed Me" because of a combination of her bright use of vibrant colors along with her tight technical drawing. All three artists stick to a toned down color scheme, without the use of super vibrant colors which is ones of the elements I think helps the flow of the show seems so much better.
When asked about the exhibit senior Joanna Gray says, "I'm awesome," which is exactly what the show was.
Joanna Gray, a senior, is a very technical artists with immense skill at painting and drawing people. Much of her work is oil on canvas along with some colored pencil to bring out the shadows and make the image more detailed. Her art has a life like quality and it captivates the viewer, drawing them in close for a better look at the surface of her painting. I think her best work in the echibit is "Natalia" because of the technique and the emotion and the quality of the work. The oil paint on canvas captures the essence of this girl who is very close to Joanna and it astonishes me how well she has mastered the techniques and painting people. Alex Turner, also a senior, uses photography as the main source of his artwork. Many of his images have subtle humor in them, with the image not coming out entirely perfect. Some of his work is a little odd but stops to make you think about what was happening in the photo and how he got to that point and that idea. He also has a series of self portraits which is what I was primarily interested in because he doesn't depict himself in the normal self-portrait way, but one more expressive. The way he arranges space in his self portraits is so interesting and draws in the viewer's attention. The last senior in this show is Jinny Kang. Jinny is very meticulous with her work and just as skilled at drawing people as Joanna. Jinny pays tight attention to detail and a lot of her work is centered around the fun anime cartoons that she draws (much of that was installed on the walls) and her drawings all have a dream like quality. Some work is simple pen on paper but is so ridiculously tight that it looks like it could have been printed. She also completed many still lifes that look like they could have been taken right out of real life due to their attention to detail. Jinny's best work in my opinion is "The Dream that Killed Me" because of a combination of her bright use of vibrant colors along with her tight technical drawing. All three artists stick to a toned down color scheme, without the use of super vibrant colors which is ones of the elements I think helps the flow of the show seems so much better.
When asked about the exhibit senior Joanna Gray says, "I'm awesome," which is exactly what the show was.
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