Tesserae : senior honors thesis (HONRS 499)

Abstract

The culmination of my undergraduate work as a painting major has been two projects. I produced eight oil paintings for my senior painting thesis and six drawings for senior honors thesis. This work was exhibited on Nov. 29th — Dec. 3rd in the BSU Art Department's Atrium Gallery. These two projects, while separate, are closely related. I have found that discussion of one is inseparable from discussion of the other. Therefore, I have combined the written portion of these theses in which I discuss the development of these pieces. Included are explanations of my painting and drawing techniques, artistic development, meanings in the work, and decision making processes.