Friday, September 6, 2019

Kent Library's Annamarie Evans Artwork on Display at Kent Public Library

Verisimilitude
By Annamarie Evans


This collection depicts my growth in artistic expression and skill as I navigate through various mediums. These pieces are an assembly of works from projects created for art classes I took at SUNY Oneonta, where I recently graduated after studying Psychology and Studio Art.

During my schooling, I realized that I gravitate towards compositions that consist of ordinary or mundane items. I appreciate that there is both simplicity and complexity in everyday objects, and capturing their essence is a quality that I like to express in my work. In connection to simplicity, my ideal artistic style is realistic and has photographic accuracy. Using charcoal on brown paper has been my favorite method for developing realism as it creates dramatic and lifelike recreations of shadows and highlights. Watercolor has challenged me to achieve that same ideal, but in a completely different way, which has been both frustrating and rewarding. It is much more difficult to create details and be precise with watercolor, but the vibrancy and texture brings a different element of realism that charcoal cannot.

Thank you for taking the time to view my art.