Clay artists are very different than painters in many types of ways but they are not any different to their kind because they are both artists. I will be examing two types of artists. Clay vs. paint and what they both have in common. Both of these artists are world renowned and are excellent at what they create. So that is why I will be comparing and contrasting both of them.
The first artist is Viola Frey. Viola Frey was an American artist who was a professor at California College of the Arts. Frey was born in August 15, 1933 in Lodi , CA and died in July 26, 2004 in Oakland, CA. Frey started in 1951 after she returned from high school she took classes at Stockton College. She received a scholarship from California and got her BFA in 1955 and traveled to New Orleans to continue her work. Her artistic characters include bold, abstract, and creative. One of her clay sculpture is named Fallen Man which was made in 1991.
Her art pieces use a lot of multi-colored glazes that must have taken a long time to place in the right area. This piece looks like it could be as tall up to my hip. What I like about this piece is that it is creative in any way possible because of the way the man is painted and positioned.
The next artist is Georgia O' Keefe. O' Keefe is also a world renowned artist for her landscape and nature paintings. O' Keefe was born and raised in Wisconsin in November 15, 1887 and she died in New Mexico on March 6, 1986. She attended the Art Institute of Chicago at the age of 18 in 1905, and later attended the Arts Student League in 1907. She would make travel time to New Mexico for paintings and when her husband Alfred Stieglitz died she made New Mexico her permanent home in 1949. In the 1950s, O'Keefe began traveling internationally, she made pieces that evoked a sense of feeling at places like Peru, and Japan's Mount Fuji. Her artistic characteristics are down to earth, friendly, and natural. One of her famous pieces Purple Petunias was made in 1925.
This piece is very neutral because of how it creates contrast of the light and dark colors. I really like this piece because it creates a nice movement around the flower and takes up the negative space.
These artists are different in various ways. Frey is more bold and shows more artistic values while O'Keefe is more down to earth and sticks to the more natural looks. Frey creates ideas that are more out of the box and make a statement about what she wants everyone to know what she creates and I like that she puts herself out there like that. While O' Keefe creates art that goes with the environment and tries to tell us that nature is beautiful and we should be preserving it. They both have a distinct touch to every piece which I really enjoy because it tells us that they are not just some regular artist they are different from everyone else. They both have ideas that tell a story and I like that because I don't like looking at art that doesn't have a meaning behind it because it won't make sense to me.
Both of these artists are different in their own way and that's okay and it separates them from everyone else but they live in a world where everyone is special in their own way. But what I like about these two is how they express their statements in various ways. Clay vs. Paint don't make a difference because it is still art and it tells a story in every piece created.
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