Date of Award
Spring 5-2017
Degree Type
Thesis-Restricted
Degree Name
M.F.A.
Degree Program
Fine Arts
Department
Fine Arts
Major Professor
Dan Rule
Second Advisor
Anthony Campbell
Third Advisor
Aaron McNamee
Abstract
My work leverages the dynamic processes the brain uses to compute visual stimuli to influence how viewers experience my work. My aim is to create a ripple effect as the brain processes the visual information I provide.
My process begins with a camera. Focusing on the face, I see how much contextual information I can remove while still capturing the emotional expression of the subject. Before long, a photograph ends up next to a canvas where I will rebuild the image from the photograph using a myriad of expressionistic marks and colors to amplify the emotion.
Recognizing human emotion is the first ripple I want the viewer to experience. Next, they will note secondary details about the person depicted. Last, they will notice the heightened textures, the amplified flaws, the abstraction of the mark – reminders that they are looking at nothing more than a medium applied to a two-dimensional surface.
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Recommended Citation
Haney, Tyler P., "Ripple" (2017). University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations. 2327.
https://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/2327
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