Event 3

Selfie with Elli Lopez Palace of Fine Arts Painting

Art Exhibit wall of photos (UC Davis 2017)

The event I attended was at UC Davis. This was an art exhibition of artists by the name of Ellie Lopez, Cynthia Chong, and Kyla Weigand. One artist which I felt was greatly related to this course was Elli Lopez. She is an architecture major at UC Davis and found an inspiration for art within her major. She painted the picture to the right of the Palace of Fine Arts. There is such a comparison between art and architecture. The two are very similar and in order to make different designs one must also be an artist. However within this there is also the hard science involved like mathematics and physics. Elli said she chose architecture because she enjoyed Engineering and also art and there was a similarity between the two. She said she chose to paint the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco because she loved the architecture and geometry within it. I myself have been to the Palace of Fine Arts many times and find it absolutely beautiful. The painting she made was very well made as well. I also enjoy paintings and the color scheme she chose also gave it a bright look.

Waterfall (Chong 2017, UC Davis)

Artworks by Kyla Weigand (2017, UC Davis)

Another painting that I found to be very cool is the one on the left made by another artist in the exhibition, Cynthia Chong. Her painting caught my eye because it was in the middle of the exhibition, the long horizontal abstract piece of art.  I always found abstract art to be very interesting and how each artist makes their own piece very distinct, yet when all placed together they all look the same. I would definitely recommend going to this as these artists were artists that painted as a side passion. They don’t have years of experience or are Art Majors, but they are just artists who learned how to create and were given the opportunity to showcase their work. It makes us realize that there are much more to art than we are used to. This is probably the most important thing I learned from this class, that not all artists come from the same background or major, but more is shown than meets the eye. The line between artists and scientists is fading as art and science go hand in hand.