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Contents
The Shadow Series
"Z'Ha'Dum"
"Shells"
"House Across the Way"
"Red Sky"
"The Revelation"
"Passageway"
"The Surreal Heavens"
"Watersculpture"
"The Blomquist House"
"Self Portrait"*
Links
The Shadow Series
| "Shadow Vessels in Hyperspace"
Media: Watercolor, tempera, marker, ink This piece emphasizes the feeling of speed in hyperspace. Notice the swept back arc of the arms. "Shadow Vessels Rising on Mars (or Something Terrible Being Born)" Media: Oil pastel, marker, ink, colored pencil Contrasting the dark of the Shadow vessels with the light of the sun, this piece gives one a feeling of awe and wonder. "Shadow Vessel in Light" Media: Oil pastel, marker, colored pencil The piece again contrasting light and dark, focusing on the play of the lightrays. © 1998 Brandon Weatherby |
"Z'Ha'Dum"
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Media: Acrylic paint
Size: 5 x 7 in. Utilizing chiarscuro, the use of dark and light colors to model a rounded surface, this piece depicts the homeworld of the Shadows. Also notice the use of brilliant color and pure black for contrast. Awards: Honorable Mention in the 1999 Friendship House Art Show- Acrylic Category © 1999 Brandon Weatherby |
"Shells"
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Media: Papier-mache
Using real shells to form the shapes, I created these colorful shells out of hand-made paper. Awards: Second Prize in 1995 Warren Art League Student Exhibit- Relief Category. First Prize in the 1999 Friendship House Community Art Show- Mixed Media Category © 1995 Brandon Weatherby |
"The House Across the Way"
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Media: Watercolor
Size: 9 x 12 in. In this painting, I tried to play with the variations of green and create a strong sense of depth. © 1999 Brandon Weatherby |
"Red Sky"
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Media: Acrylic paint
Size: 8 x 10 in. This painting, done from the photograph "Red Sky", is a silhouette of the neighborhood against the firey clouds during a tornedo watch. I wanted to use contrast to emphasize the colors of the sky and the folliage on the trees. (Again, forgive the image quality) © 1999 Brandon Weatherby |
"The Revelation"
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Media: Acrylic paint
Size: 8 x 10 in. This painting is based on a scene from a story entitled Exegesis that I am currently writing. It depicts the two principal characters as the angel Tenaciel reveals his true nature to Eric. The piece's focus is on contrast and silhouette. There are four different layers to the painting, each with a symbolic significance. © 2000 Brandon Weatherby |
"Passageway"
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Media: Acrylic paint
Size: 8 x 10 in. This painting is a "remake" of an older one that I did. It is designed to provoke a sense of mystery. The dark central door and the side room may both hold things the viewer cannot see. More indirectly, the bright colors of the stained glass window, reflecting on the floor, block the view of what is outside. There is plenty more symbolism, but I leave it up to you to discover it... © 2000 Brandon Weatherby |
"The Surreal Heavens, or Fantasy Skyscape"
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Media: Acrylic paint
Size: 8 x 10 in. Date: March 6, 2001 This painting was inspired by a beautiful scene I witnessed one night during January or February of 2001. The clouds were hanging low in the sky and lights from the street and city were relfecting off of them. The sky beyond the clouds was a midnight blue and the clouds glowed purple, red, and pink. Against this sky were three young birch trees, shining white against the vibrant colors behind them. My immediate thoughts were of some animated film from the '70s or 80s, like the animated Lord of the Rings perhaps... Do you see the completely incidental shape that evolved while I was painting? I think it adds to the symbolism... (Hint: Look in the tree branches.) © 2001 Brandon Weatherby |
"Watersculpture"
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Media: Water, stone, other natural materials
Date: April 23, 2001 I have created "sculptures" in streams and ponds since I was young. I built this wonderful "sculpture" on a beautiful spring day. It was inspired by the cascade you see on the bottom right. A deep pool had formed beneath the cascade because of a dam of earth and rocks, with only a small opening allowing water to flow out into the streambed. I enlarged that waterfall, making it deeper and heigher and placing horizontal logs across the edge of it (top right). Next, I constructed a tight channel through which the fall's water flowed with tremendous force, and a canal lined with stones. I topped the entrance and outlet of this canal with flat pieces of shale. At the end of the canal, I deepened the short, broad fall below the canal outlet and the short, broad fall beneath that one. This created a multi-tiered effect, with the natural cascade leading into the created waterfall, which fed the canal, which brought water to the two lowest falls. Click on either image on the right for a larger version ©2001 Brandon Weatherby |
"The Blomquist House"
Click to view the full-sized image. I apologize for its fuzziness. |
Media: Acrylic paint
Size: 16 x 20 in. Date: October 2001 A painting of my home, named for the family that owned it for 92 years. The house itself is over one hundred years old. The painting was patterned after a photograph and displays the facade. The dominant colors are greens, browns, and yellows. Splashes of other colors are thrown in for contrast, and the shape of the house is highlighted by shadows and contour lines. © 2001 Brandon Weatherby |
"Self Portrait"
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Media: Acrylic paint
Size: 8 x 10 in. Date: August 29, 2004 Based on a photograph taken by a friend, I painted this image to play with the interaction of light and shadow on fabric and vegetation, and how shadow can model the body. The fallen apples and brilliant leaves of the autumn contrast with the sombre colors of my clothes. © 2004 Brandon Weatherby |
Links
The following are links to pieces by some of my favorite artists.- Carol Gerten's Fine Art- A Visual Art Museum, featuring thousands of works by artists from all over the world.
- Web Gallery of Art, "a virtual museum and searchable database of European painting and sculpture of the Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque periods."
