A few weeks ago we went to the 2011 Fine Art Degree Show at Lancaster University to view the work of the art students who have graduated this year. The exhibition will be moving to London later in the summer.
The standard and variety of work on show was absolutely stunning. We were particularly impressed with this body of work by a certain Rachel Daniel.Through highly detailed graphite work, she attempts to rebuild images of the body from fragments of medical data reconstructed in an excessive and ornamented drawing style.
These images were huge - the whole height of the room. It took this student months to accomplish this amount of detail. It was truly awesome and my pathetic pictures just don't do it justice. If you really are interested in seeing better images of these, please follow this link to her artist's page:
A few days after the show, Rachel Daniel was informed that she had gained a
FIRST CLASS Honours Degree in Fine Art
and last Thursday her proud parents attended her Degree Ceremony, wondering how that three years went by so quickly! She is now back at home, looking for a job in the art world of East Anglia or further afield. Its a difficult time for Job-seekers at the moment, so here's hoping that she is able to find something. It would be a shame not to be able to put a talent like this to good use.
If anyone knows of any vacancies, do let us know!
Congratulations on such amazing work and good luck on the job front. You must be very proud of her.
ReplyDeleteWhatever she does, tell her to keep drawing! Draw anything, just draw!!
ReplyDeleteMy daughter had to do that when she was taught by Steve Mattison (now in Hungary) on a GNVQ Art course- it didn't matter what your main subject was, it kept the hand/eye/brain co-ordination.
They had to fill a minimum of two A4 pages per day. Marvellous advice.
How exciting - now I wonder where she gets her artistic talent from.....?
ReplyDeletecongrats! amazing work!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations, you must be over the moon for her, lets hope she finds an suitable job quickly :)
ReplyDeleteSue Xxx
Cathy,
ReplyDeleteBe a good mother and work a bit on those grey pictures. I know they won't do justice, but it is just the last one where it is clear what an amazing talent Rachel has.
I made a tweet about her :)
Sorry for being too honest but it is in a good cause.
Thanks for lovely comments so far which I shall pass on to her. I have now put in a link to better images of her work for those interested. Cathy.
ReplyDeleteI love getting to degree shows, Rachaels work is amazing, so much detail, congratulations, you must be very proud. It's a all tissues to hand event the degree ceremony isn't it, i remember when my lass han had hers, a wonderful day.
ReplyDeleteomgosh amazing talent!
ReplyDeleteI think the problem when I was an art student was that careers were never discussed!
Just tucking in to the last slice of the
almond joy!
I think the pudding has gone straight to my belly
oops!
Congratulations to your daughter Rachel on such a wonderful achievement - her work looks amazing, she is clearly very talented and you must all be so proud of her.
ReplyDeleteI wish her every luck and success in the future -and how very special for you to see her having inherited your artistic talent.
Gill xx