Examples of Scott Hagan's Work

Midterm Part 2: Journal Article

American Photographer
Raising the Barn Standard

Scott Hagan is well-known across Ohio for his artwork. If you have not heard his name, you may have seen some of his work. Scott Hagan is a well known free-lance barn painter. Scott does not just paint red barns, but rather creates various images on a large scale. Also, Scott paints directly on the surface of the barn. How difficult it must be to paint at such heights and on such a grand scale!

His first news article was published in 1998 and he has continued to appear in The Wall Street Journal, Ohio Magazine, and USA Today. He has traveled 65,000 miles through Ohio to paint 88 different barns in honor of the Ohio bicentennial. This required 645 gallons of paint!

Scott Hagan has painted everything from quilting patterns to college football logos. He also has painted various customized designs for individuals across Ohio, Michigan, Pennsylvania and other states! More examples of his artwork can be seen at www.barnartist.com.

Midterm Part 3: Line, Shape, Space and Color

I created this piece of art to demonstrate my knowledge of color, lines, space and shape. I was brainstorming on how I could create such a picture when I stumbled upon my mother's pastels. It was then I decided to paint this picture!

This picture contains three squares alligned in a horizontal line. Within the squares are hearts. These squares exemplify positive space. The space between the squares exemplifies negative space. To me, this piece of art demonstrates closed space, leaving the focus on the center of the art. Also, when I created this piece of art I shaded the insides of the squares with diagonal lines. The squares in this picutre are parallel to one another.

This picture also demonstrates my knowledge of colors. The row of hearts within the squares are analogous colors, whereas the squares that enclose them are their complimentary colors.

Midterm Part 1: Timeline of the Arts

A TIMELINE OF THE ARTS

Prehistoric ca 30,000BC
Small Boar from Tappeh Sarab, Iran circa 6th MillenniumB.C.












Greek ca the 5th Century BC
Amphora Decorated in Black-Figure Painting
Signed by Exekias (c. 540 BC) Depicting Ajax and Achilles

Roman ca the 2nd Century BC and the 1st Century AD
Garland Bowl 1000 BC to 1 AD from the Italian Peninsula

Middle Ages/Medieval 400AD through 1100AD
Plaque with St. John the Evangelist -early 9th century;
Early Medieval; Made in Aachen using elephant ivory

Renaissance the 1400’s and 1500’s
Leonardo da Vinci’s Virtrucian Man c. 1492




















Baroque the 1600’s
A Peasant Man, Head and Shoulders, Shouting
by Agostino Carracci c. 1557-1602














NeoClassical the 18th Century, 1700’s
Figure of a Warrior, Partly Draped by Giovanni Battista Cipria



Romantic the 19th Century, 1800-1900
Rainbow on the Exe by Thomas Girtin an English painter c. 1775-1802








Modern the 20th Century, 1850’s -1999
Edvard Munch 1863-1944
The Scream




Contemporary the 21st Century, 2000 – Now
José Manuel Merello Artist of the 21st Century
Bullfighter Boy



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Monologue from Forrest Gump

"You died on a Saturday morning. And I had you placed here under our tree. And I had that house of your father's bulldozed to the ground. Momma always said dyin' was a part of life. I sure wish it wasn't. Little Forrest, he's doing just fine. About to start school again soon. I make his breakfast, lunch, and dinner every day. I make sure he combs his hair and brushes his teeth every day. Teaching him how to play ping-pong. He's really good. We fish a lot. And every night, we read a book. He's so smart, Jenny. You'd be so proud of him. I am. He, uh, wrote a letter, and he says I can't read it. I'm not supposed to, so I'll just leave it here for you. Jenny, I don't know if Momma was right or if, if it's Lieutenant Dan. I don't know if we each have a destiny, or if we're all just floating around accidental-like on a breeze, but I, I think maybe it's both. Maybe both is happening at the same time. I miss you, Jenny. If there's anything you need, I won't be far away."

This is the scence where Forrest Gump visits Jenny's grave... a great monologue

Forrest Gump was played by Tom Hanks
The movie Forrest Gump was produced by Wendy Finerman, Steve Tisch and Steve Starkey

Week 7

My experiences with theater have been limited. I once was an extra in a play in grade school, but I cannot recall the name of the play. I have always been scared of getting on stage which has kept me from performing in theater. I recall in grade school going as a group to see multiple plays, which I enjoyed. As I previously mentioned, the last encounter I had with theater would have been The Nutcracker. The tradition of this performance strikes me. I would also love to see the performance of Rent live.

Week 7 Quiz

My last experience with theater was a few years back when I went with my family to see the performance "The Nutcracker". It has been a while since my last experience with theater. I wnjoyed my last experience with theater and would like to see a more modern display sometime soon.

I have heard about Rent from many people, and I would love to see it performed live. I want to see the live performance before I see the movie. In fact, my best friend and I have talked about going on a road trip to see the live performance of Rent!

Theater allows you to step out of your own skin and experience life from another point of view.

I believe that theater can change society and political views because they allow people to see things from an angle that they otherwise would not be able to experience. For example, West Side Story brought attention to gang violence and therefore made the public aware of problems in our society that otherwise may have gone unnoticed.

"IF"

If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you
But make allowance for their doubting too,
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise:

If you can dream--and not make dreams your master,
If you can think--and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with worn-out tools:

If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it all on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breath a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: "Hold on!"

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with kings--nor lose the common touch,
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you;
If all men count with you, but none too much,
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And--which is more--you'll be a Man, my son!

--Rudyard Kipling

I enjoy this poem because it is full of wisdom and the words flow so wonderfully! How wise Rudyard Kipling must be to put these words so carefully and clearly! What a great work of art!

Activity Week 5

The structure of "The Jabberwocky" consists of a varied ABAB structure with a repeat of the first stanza at the end. The third, fifth and sixth stanzas do not follow ABAB structure. However, they each follow an ABCB structure instead. The first and second stanzas are full of what seems to be vernacular language for the characters.
It seems a young boy is being set out in the forest alone ,and his father warns him of the threat of the Jabberwock (the antagonist). This entire stanza has a negative connotation and also uses dialogue. This could be a metaphor of a young boy being set out into the world. The Jabberwock could symbolize any number of threats a young person must face once they have been set out on their own for the first time.
The second stanza uses imagery to describe the beast. Alliteration is used in the second half of the sixth line 'claws that catch'. Alliteration is also used in the eleventh line when the author says, 'so rested he by the Tumtum tree.' At this point, it seems to me the boy is being watchful of the Jabberwock his father warned him of. In the fourth stanza the author describes in detail the antagonist with words of imagery such as "eyes of flame" and "whiffling through the tulgey wood", allowing the reader to imagine the character.
In the fifth stanza onomatopoeia is used in the entire first line as well as the second line when the author states 'the vorpal blade went snicker-snack!'. At this point the boy kills the Jabberwock, or overcomes his threat in the great world on his own.
In the sixth stanza the father is proud of his young boy and praises him. This stanza has a positive connotation.
The last stanza repeats the first stanza and thus creates closer and brings the piece of work full-circle.

QUIZ 5

IS THE FUNCTION OF ART DETERMINED BY ITS FORM?

My opinion is no. I feel that a poem with imagery can captivate someone quite like a beautiful painting could. I piece of music can motivate a person, just as a play or a movie. The function of art is soley up to the person experiencing it. That is the beauty of art!