Thursday, March 15, 2012

UNDER PRESSURE; Printmaking studies at Flying M

One way to get some insight into art is to study its studies. As people learn how to work with images and take advantage of a new medium, they inevitably uncover a lot of what constitutes art. You get to see what works and what doesn't. In the less finished work of students more of the actual work that goes into art and more of the difficult decisions that have to add up during its creation are closer to the surface. Sometimes I like to take a stroll through the halls of Boise State's Liberal Arts building and take a look at what the students there are creating.

Of course there are always degrees of finish in the work, and usually there are a few technically gifted students who are …

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