IB Visual Arts LINCOLN SCHOOL Costa Rica: Cynthia Mora

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Wednesday, May 4, 2016

NATALIA BARRANTES IB Visual Arts Lincoln School Costa Rica

The Artist Statement

by Natalia Barrantes

At the beginning while choosing my IB courses my first option was art, I thought I should choose a subject where I could be spontaneous and free. My other courses were chemistry, biology, math and several others that are very structured courses with almost no room for creativity. As I started the course I began to experiment with different techniques in order to see which were my strengths and weaknesses. I started with still life drawing, acrylics, oils, print making etc. There, I discovered that painting wasn’t my strength. I felt comfortable in the areas of building, cutting and assembling. So I began my research and learned about Installations, which were my first artworks. Later I began to retake drawing and tried to improve in human anatomy drawing, which needed the most improvement. As I started to improve I started to combine with other media like painting, and ended up with a very interesting result. Paul Richer and Robert Beverly which exposed all their wisdom in the book called Artistic anatomy published in 1889, and influenced my drawings, provoking me to improve and have my artwork evolve. Movements such as the Neoclassic with a notorious artist like Antonio Canoval and his sculptures also influenced me to see a different perspective where the human anatomy can be manipulated according to the meaning you want to transmit. With my love for creating and building, combined with my love of science, I believe I have evolved and finally found my direction as an artist.

Life Connected by Natalia Barrantes

String Art on wood panel and acrylics

Unconcious Leak by Natalia Barrantes

Book carving

The Hidden Truth by Natalia Barrantes

Linocut print and linoplate

In Motion by Natalia Barrantes

Mixed media

Irrational Heart by Natalia Barrantes

Acrylics and pen on canvas

Behind Bars by Natalia Barrantes

Photomontage

Never Enough by Natalia Barrantes

Acrylics and pen on canvas

Overwhelming Feelings by Natalia Barrantes

Acrylics and pen on canvas

The Woman of Steel by Natalia Barrantes

Mixed media

Investigation Workbook sample
by Natalia Barrantes

Tuesday, May 3, 2016

MARIA FERNANDA QUEVEDO Lincoln School Costa Rica 2915

Artist Statement

by Maria Fernanda Quevedo

Like I mince chicken, I mince questions. I’ve thrown paint. I’ve taken photographs. I’ve made collages. I’ve made prints. I’ve drawn naked people. Ultimately, I’ve allowed all of the discomfort flow out of my body and my mind.

As a child I never questioned the motifs or driving forces of our lives, I just lived without hesitation and acted upon what people expected from me as a decent young lady. As time went by, I grew up to realize that some things didn’t make sense. Specifically the treatment and exposure of women in society accompanied by all the repressed feelings and questions I had never dared to ask or even disbelief. I placed myself in a position of anxiety in which I only wanted answers for unanswerable questions. Through art, I found a process in which I could clench a concern with my own hands and try to make sense out of it. Art has fundamentally become my medicine.

As an artist, I’ve created a variety of works that speak to me and whoever is watching them. I’ve never intended to recreate what I see, always attempting to distort reality, portray what I imagine and release all the tension that lives within my uncertainty, qualities of the art movement: expressionism. After finally placing myself as an artist in the expressionist branch, I was able to find influential artists such ad Andrew Salgado and Agnes Cecile, who inspired me to utilize a free brush stroke that would most effectively represent my inner thoughts on painting. After creating and experimenting different media to communicate my concerns, I finally understood what art means to me.

Life is art. I’ve acknowledged that my mere existence is art.

Siempre vista by Maria Fernanda Quevedo

Acrylics on Canvas

Usada y fragmentada by Maria Fernanda Quevedo

Mixed Media

Discordia by Maria Fernanda Quevedo

Acrylics on cardboard

Bebe by Maria Fernanda Quevedo

Assemblage

Bed time by Maria Fernanda Quevedo

Linco cut plates installation

Comfort by Maria Fernanda Quevedo

Monotype on pillow case

Unida pero separada by Maria Fernanda Quevedo

Acrylics on canvas

Never Ending presence by Maria Fernanda Quevedo

Mixed Media

Stress by Maria Fernanda Quevedo

Acrylics on canvas

Door by Maria Fernanda Quevedo

Assemblage

Self-portrait by Maria Fernanda Quevedo

Oils on canvas

GLORIANA MONTEALEGRE IB Visual Arts Lincoln School Costa Rica 2015

Artist Statement

by Gloriana Montealegre

I entered the IB art course as a way of expressing how I felt. I’ve always had a very hard time talking about my worries or my feelings. I tend to keep everything for myself and art is the only way I can comfortably let everything out. From the very beginning I started expressing the pressures that society places on the individual. I then found out that my main concern was that society is becoming a homogeneous mass that is consuming everyone, and individuality is being lost.

At first I started off very restricted because as a perfectionist I expected all my paintings to look as realistic and controlled as possible. I discovered that painting with acrylics is my strength. However, my style suddenly started changing. When I saw Salvador Dalí’s “Galatea of the Spheres,” I was completely astonished. He portrays his wife with something so abstract as the atomic theory. So I realized that things did not have to be always literal and realistic. From that moment on I started to become freer. I experimented with tools other than brushes to get out of my comfort zone. I achieved interesting results with palette knives and with linocut as well. Probably the main achievement was creating free strokes and movement. In addition, I started to worry less about the direction of my art and let the materials guide me.

Wabi Sabi philosophy influenced me in this matter as I learned to admire the materials and imperfections in my works. I had to face an internal struggle with my perfectionist self, which I am still fighting. However, the palette knives helped me get out of my comfort zone and experience a freedom I had never felt before.

My style drifted from realist to impressionist, and I learned to use a variety of media and materials such as batik, candles, linocut, photography, and wire sculpting which all revolve around Wabi Sabi.