Project #4 Reflection Journal

Reflection- Process of Art Exhibition
The name of my exhibition is... Any Landscape is a Condition of the Spirit

When I first read over the directions for this project I automatically knew that I wanted my exhibition to have something to do with landscapes. My reasoning behind this is because I believe that a majority of landscape portraits can have many interpretations and it mainly up to the audience to decide what is going on in the painting/ drawing. Art does not come very easy to me, but imagination is one thing that I am capable of doing. I figured if I chose to do an exhibition on all landscape portraits, then it would be easy for me to have interpretations of what the artists point was.

When I first started my research I just began looking at the websites that were given to us on Angel. The first group of paintings that captured my attention was Chinese landscapes. I was really interested in these paintings because they were very simple but I could still think of a lot to say about each painting. I loved the back ink and pale colors that were used in these paintings as well. Secondly, as my research continued I stumbled upon the North American landscapes and I was very impressed. My favorite season is fall and a majority of these North American portraits are county side views that make me think of fall. I absolutely love how the artists really touched on details with the nature all around the landscape. These landscapes gave me a sense of calmness and allowed my imagination to unwind.

Lastly I needed to put all of this together into a PowerPoint presentation. When I watched the videos about exhibition I got an understanding that everything is critical for the viewers eye to get the effect you are going for when creating an exhibition. Now we were dealing with PowerPoint so lighting was not something we could change. However, I chose to use a lighter green background to represent the nature aspect of my exhibition, but also left white space on each slide so the audience still focused on the landscape itself. I did not want the background to overtake the image that was the main purpose of the slide. I also chose to use brown lettering for my descriptions just to stick with that nature setting.