Leanne Schenck Assignment #1

The "Adapting Spaces" gallery was all together amusing to me. The artists set their work up to tell stories with images. John Mann had four pieces in the gallery. He had flowers, a hitch hiker, a lone tree and "Sleeping Spot" which displayed a piece of cardboard under a tree. His pictures had no border to them. I think his display worked very well together because the viewer can easily understand his narrative. Ryan Adrick had a white border with tan framing. His pieces confused me. I couldn't easily understand where he was going with his work. At first I thought it might be an individual and then their living and/or work place, but I then realized that wasn't right. Tracy Longley-Cook had a great display of black and white images with black frames. The pieces were small with thick borders, forcing the viewer to focus directly to the picture. Her theme was "piecing the world together". She practiced in and out of focus images. Daniel Kariko did no have frames or borders to his work. His theme was "disappearing landscapes". I thought his pieces were a bit freaky, but interesting. I think all of the artists had their work displayed in appropriate ways.

This image "Planting Season" by Tracy Longely-Cook displays black and white colors. A pattern I noticed was the repetition of the cracks in the ground which also resemble the branches on the small tree. The shapes in the image would also have to be the cracks and tree branches. There are not many things going on in this image besides one-fourth of a person's lower body and a lonely tree.

This image really stood out to me. It is a piece you really have to think about because it can mean something different to any individual that studies it. The name of the image also makes sense to me. It is called Planting Season and it displays a small person tending to a leafless, dry tree trying to survive. It is a way of remembering where I started in life and how far I have come. Once I was at that small tree and have had to plant many more in my years that pass. Some of my trees have grown as tall as they can be, while others are still where I left them when I planted them, trees meaning my goals and achievements.