Furthermore, for weeks I begged her to teach me how to make a quilt of my own. She finally gave in and decided to help me. She first had me choose a color that I primarily wanted the quilt to be and then we went to the store and shopped for hours trying to choose the perfect patterns. She also let me pick some of her great grandmother's fabric that she had had for many years. When we finished that we sat down and she helped me stitch by stitch to make my quilt.
In Alice Walker’s “Everyday Use” the use of symbolism is an effective tactic. The most obvious symbol is the two quilts, which the central characters Dee and Maggie both want as their own. The narrator, who is also Dee and Maggie’s mother, has an interesting dilemma on her hands. She must choose which daughter is deserving of inheriting the two quilts. The two quilts were pieced together by Grandma Dee and Big Dee, the narrator’s mother and sister, and made with the scraps from the dresses of Grandma Dee and bits and pieces of Grandpa Jarrell’s shirts and Great Grandpa Ezra’s faded blue piece from the uniform he wore in the Civil War.
Office Art Memorandum Humanities 112 March 3, 2014 Office Art Memorandum I choose paintings according to the needs of a healthcare organization setting and some of the styles most influential from the 19th century impressionists and post impressionists. I’ve identified some key elements important to the overall design of the organization including creating a facility that encourages the healing process for patients, positively reflects the care given and restorative imagery to promote lower levels of stress. The impressionism paintings have a variety of styles to choose from being a time when artists were breaking free from traditions and rules. The styles I’ve closely matched to our organizational goals are those of natural elements,
Enrique Garduno Meg Gudgeirsson History 17A October 16, 2013 A Midwife’s Tale In the 18th Century a women name Martha Ballard was living with her husband, Ephraim. They both moved to Hallowell, Maine where Martha lived through chaotic decades and the American Revolution. Ballard would write on her dairy about the things she did and happen in her life everyday. During the 20th Century Laurel Thatcher Ulrich did research and wrote a Pulitzer Prize-winning book, and soon filmed a movie based on Ulrich book about the 18th Century in Ballard eyes. In 1785, Martha Ballard was 50 years old; she was a mother, midwife and a healer.
EMU DREAMING by Raymond Walters Japanangka Raymond Walters Japanangka was born in Alice Springs on November in 1975.His country is Yeulumu (Mt Allen), Boundary Bore (Utopia). Raymond was influenced by art from an early age and his talents were nurtured by the artistic abilities of his extended family members. In his artworks he looks to share the origin of his inheritance, his cultural knowledge passed down through generations, the story of his life and his hopes for the future of his people. Whilst Raymond has painted this particular artwork many times, using different colours and sizes, each one depicts the feathers of the front breast of an adult Emu. This particular piece uses a variation of bright colours to create texture and power to the image of the Emu feathers.
Inspired by macro photography, she used vibrant colors with implied lines, sensualizing and magnifying individual objects. In the 70’s her eyesight “began to be compromised by macular degeneration” (Georgia O'Keeffe - Biography, Quotations & Art, n.d.). After this she worked in watercolor and pencil until 1982, and sculpted in clay until 1984. She died in 1986, in Santa Fe, 98 years
Like many artists of the 1880’s, the Post-Impressionist wanted to portray “emotion and intellect as well as the visual imagery” ("Post impressionist,"). Some of these paintings were very expressive and sometimes emotional, such as the paintings by Van Gogh. The abstractness of these paintings were often underappreciated and ridiculed by society, like the works Van Gogh. It wasn’t until years later that some of these works were appreciated and valued. Many Post-Impressionism works of art were inspired by the historical events occurring at that time.
Art Brenda artist Brenda began her artistic work in the 1980's as a graphic designer, operating her own design firm with clients throughout the state of Colorado, where she lives. During this time she also became known in the area for the historic murals she painted with private and public commissions, and for her work as President of the Berthoud Arts and Humanities Alliance, lending her support to other Colorado artists. Preferring a new direction from commercial expression, she has recently begun to devote her talents to subjects with personal meaning, and her artistic work now reflects a passion for inner examination. Dream images have quite clearly captivated this artist's imagination and provide an unending source of inspiration for her paintings. It is Brenda's desire to express the mystery of the psyche's inner world and the power of dreams to impact and change our lives.
Her home made quilts were by hand and with her embroidery sewing machine, that she made for most of our family members. Mother painted murals on anything that had space to paint on. Her love to remodel everything and anything that she thought needed a little t.l.c. Not did she have artistic ability her advice was something you should always listen to. When she told you something from her heart she had a look no one could ever forget.
Growing up in the same environment does not always mean that siblings will grow to be the same person with the same values and beliefs. Alice Walker's short story "Everyday Use" is about the conflict that multi-generational families have with understanding the importance of identity and ancestry. The story focuses on the relationship between a mother and her two daughters, Dee and Maggie, over their grandmothers quilts. Unlike Mama, Dee is educated and is envied, Maggie, who was scarred in a house fire when she was little. Dee has returned from a long trip away from home and now determines her culture by the things she gathers from the house like the quilts and butter churn but in the end Maggie is the one with the right idea about her heritage.