Student Spotlight

Interested in being a featured artist on the SVSU University Art Gallery blogspot? For a great way to get recognized, gain exposure, and discuss your work, send a brief artist statement and a few examples of your artwork to svsuUniversityArtGallery@gmail.com! We are looking for students at all levels to share their experiences, so don't hesitate to submit!

Kathy Kaunitz Jones- Emerging Light

 Kathy Kaunitz Jones- Emerging Light
 Saints, Sinners and '63 show

“Believing color is a universal language, I consider myself a colorist. The focus of my painting is the relationship of color and energy. Each viewer brings their own meaning to the colors in my paintings. With energy as my primary interest, I explore other areas that have energy as a focus…Much of today’s art reflects the dark and pessimistic nature of our world. I believe art can be a positive force, helping to raise the viewer to a higher emotional level by providing that positive energy and focus.”

When viewing Kaunitz Jones’s work I was immediately drawn to the bright bursts of color, using complementary colors purple and yellow, Kaunitz Jones draws the eye in and all around the canvas. She also uses very expressive line to convey energy and emotion that keeps the viewer interested. I also loved her use of red and blue to add interest and to convey the bursting of energy. Overall, I can agree with Kaunitz Jones that the painting gives off a positive vibe, but also moody and sporadic.

Kaunitz Jones is a world traveler and educator and currently resides in Midland.

You can find her at: http://www.re-title.com/artists/kathykaunitz-jones.asp


Alison Bur
Art Major/ Gallery Assistant
University Art Gallery
Saginaw Valley State University

The Sacred Way, Collagraph print by Barron Hirsch

 

The Sacred Way, Barron Hirsch 

I had a chance to talk with Professor Barron Hirsch today about his piece hanging in the Saints, Sinners and '63 show here in the University Art Gallery! His abstract collagraph print, The Sacred Way, was inspired by the stoney ruins of ancient Rome. The broken, jagged shapes that make up the composition have a dark, heavy outline and are arranged so they touch, but never fit into place with one another. The heavy outline is contrasted by the delicate transition of colors within the shapes, which create depth within the shapes themselves. The Sacred Way, according the Hirsch, contrasts his other pieces in the series because of its cool blue tones. The blue that is integrated into the composition is actually the final step of his process, created by navy blue fabric dye brushed onto the surface once the collagraph print process is complete. This process creates an interesting surface texture as the ink rejects the water-based dye, which soaks into the paper where it can.

Stop by the University Art Gallery to see this piece of artwork and work by many other talented artists during the Saints, Sinners and '63 show, on display through October 4th. For more information on Saints, Sinners & '63, Visit the Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum website at http://marshallfredericks.org/#.

Amy Gibas
Gallery Assistant, University Art Gallery
Saginaw Valley State University

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