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Indefinability2013c.E., Clayton T. Ehman Dec 2013

Indefinability2013c.E., Clayton T. Ehman

CGU MFA Theses

I am a multidisciplinary artist; because I am committed to art that engages a broad array of subjects and ideas. This is reflected in my works which consist of diverse mediums and processes including graphic design, digital imagery, printmaking, painting, sculpting, poetry, song composition, clothing, website design, drawing, video, lighting, installation art, abstract art, Op art, conceptual art, political art, black light art, maximalist art, and various combinations of these.


Kind Of Blue Artist's Statement, Leslie Love Stone Apr 2013

Kind Of Blue Artist's Statement, Leslie Love Stone

CGU MFA Theses

Leslie Love Stone is a conceptual painter whose work often focuses on the models we build to make sense of the world and ourselves. The beauty of order is exemplified through the geometric abstraction of statistical information; complicated content is eloquently transparent with her use of negative space, repeating patterns, and color.


Pieces: Form And Ephemera, Louise Cooper Smith Jan 2013

Pieces: Form And Ephemera, Louise Cooper Smith

Senior Projects Spring 2013

As with anybody, I am not a singular self but one constructed of ever-shifting parts. This constant state of flux is expressed in the play of paint and canvas, lending the act a seriousness wherein images and ideas emerge and co-exist. I do not know what will happen in advance and finish at the same speed that I start so that there is no precious moment. The object is always in a state of transformation. A story or specific narrative is secondary to the need to leave a trace. At times, the image is completely external from me. My work …


Falling Into Place (Land/Mark Exhibit), Gretchen Batcheller Dec 2012

Falling Into Place (Land/Mark Exhibit), Gretchen Batcheller

Gretchen D Batcheller

Land/Mark is a faculty exhibition featuring paintings and sculpture by Pepperdine University Art Department faculty members Gretchen Batcheller and Ty Pownall. Each artist's work represents visual and spatial links to experiences that explore the balance between place, locality, time, context, and space. The exhibit was on display in Pepperdine's Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art in Malibu, California, December 3-13, 2013.