Lisa Supruniuk

M. Arch Portfolio

2014 Admission
Lisa Supruniuk

Table of Contents:
Still Life Drawings 3 Figure Sketches 4 Figure Drawings 5 Hand Transformation Series 6 Various Paintings 7 Rusty Railroad Spikes 8 Run for the Cure Window Mural 9 Digital Camera Design 10 Various Sculptures 11 Stand Where I Stood 12 Eclipse (Kaleidescope Sculpture) 13 Abstract Sculpture 14 Compostion in Red No. 1 15 Lycra Art 16 Alley of Light: Lycra Installation 17 Black Lycra 18 Rock and Steel Sculpture 19-20 Rock Balancing Installation 21 Serenity 22 Sandbox Sculpture 23 Rock Balancing Drawings 24
Electroluminescence, Digital Print

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Still Life Drawings:

These charcoal drawings convey the texture of various inanimate objects to bring about their three-dimensional form. From a taxidermy eagle to a teapot draped in fabric, the veiwer can appricieate the depth that can be captured on paper through the medium of drawing.

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Figure Sketches:
These model drawings were exercises to help me learn how to draw quickly and acurately. Learning how to see is the first step in learning to draw. Top Left and Bottom: Blind Contour Perspective Drawings Top Right: Gesture Drawings

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Figure Drawings:
These model drawings convey the human body as a form made up of positive and negative space. The mark-making captures the energy within the human figure combined with the energy within myself.

The world of reality has its limits; the world of imagination is boundless. ~ Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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Hand Transformation Series:

This series is about capturing the essence of the hand and the different forms and gestures we create with our hands. By the last drawing the hand has become so abstract that it is hardly recognizable, the lines of the palm become like a landscape.

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Creativity takes courage. ~ Henri Matisse

Various Paintings:
Top Left: Egg Yolk, Oil Bottom Left: La Jett, Oil Above: Back Alley, Acrylic

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Rusty Railroad Spikes

These paintings capture the personality of seemingly boring railroad spikes. The mirrored images show the reflection of the spike as if it is somehow examining itself, or feeling lonely with only its reflection for comfort.

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Run for the Cure Window Mural:

The intention of this mural was to build customer awarness of Breast Cancer in parnership with Shoppers Drug Mart for The Run for the Cure. The tree symbolizes the strength and unity that brings the runners together once a year to support this noble cause.

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Digital Camera Design

This camera is inspired by the De Stijl art movement, advocating a simplified visual composition which is solely composed of squares, rectangles, and straight lines. It also features a sliding lens cover which is asymmetrical in design. In theory the camera can only take square photos, which can be captured using the back display screen.

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Art is not what you see, but what you make others see. ~ Edgar Degas
Various Sculptures: .
Top Left: Bust of David, Plaster Bottom Left: Dancer, Wire & Plaster Middle: No Escape, Plaster Casts Right: Relief, Plaster

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Stand Where I Stood

An organic concrete body is combined with a geometric steel box to form a whole. This sculpture was a term project that I made in my third year of Fine Arts where I cast my own torso as the figure. It was a two part cast that was made of concrete and hollow on the inside. I also built two wooden plithns that were then encased in a thin steel sheet. Inside the top of the box is a small ledge where the photograph and plexiglas sit to give the illusion of water. This piece was also featured in Nextfest at the Dutchess Bake Shop Gallery.

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Eclipse (Kaleidescope Sculpture):

This piece is about viewer interaction and how we experience art. Do we feel the need to move it, touch it or look more closely? The reflections created through the kaleidescope change our perceptions of the world around us, bringing into perspective how everyones way of seeing is unique.

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Abstract Steel Sculpture:

Form is one of my favorite things to express, and using steel as a medium gave me the opportunity to work with larger structures. These sculptures create a pathway for the eye to move around the piece, visually engaging the viewer.

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Composition in Red No. 1

Art is something that should be physically immersive and engage with the viewer. It should change the way a person views the world around them. This piece causes you to examine the color red in particular, and to appreciate its role and function as a color. Red is the hottest on the color spectrum, which causes it to have a strong impact and create an intense emotional feeling. It is interesting that red light also has the shortest wavelenth and therefore carries the least amount of energy.

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Lyrca Art
Making lyrca art is an ongoing project in collaboration with my good friend Andrew Lindsay, where we use color-changing LED lights to illuminate stretched lycra fabric. The fabric appears to float in space and the pieces are interconnected creating stunning visual effects.

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Alley of Light: Lyrca Installation:

Our collaboration expoded into a massive outdoor installation in a Downtown park for the Winter Art Festival Illuminite. Composed of nearly 50 individual triangles, we were able to transform these simple shapes into glowing pieces of light. The beauty of this peice is that the viewer was able to get up close and interact with the sculpture in a meaningful way. Using the natural surrounding trees we built this stucture in harmony with nature and helped bring vibrance and energy to a normally dingy and dark alley in Edmonton.

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Black Lycra
This installtion was a group project for my Fall 2012 Drawing class. It is based off of the German word Umvelt, loosely meaning surroundings or environment, and describes an interaction between different worlds.

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Rock and Steel Sculptures:

These sculptures deal with the elements of steel and rock, a juxtaposition between the natural and the man-made. They bring forth an unusual physical intrigue, as the rock appears to be squeezing and compressing the steel but at the same time is controlled by it. Each piece is an experiment in material exploration, a discovery of what two things can become when they are brought together. A transformation is encouraged when the steel and stone combine their inherent qualities with my artistic manipulation. I feel that using stone presents the environment in which we live, in a direct and clear way that is understandable across all cultures.

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Rock Balancing Installation:

I am fascinated with the process of rock balancingthe uncovering of each centre of gravity within the individual rocks and how the initial axis changes with each additional rock, depending on the ground and environmental conditions. With this installation I wanted to construct a dialogue with nature using both its landscape and materials. I learn simply by observing and experiencing nature; it gives me a chance to rest and reflect, and contemplate in peace.

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Serenity
The ephemeral configuration of one rock harmonizing with another has really spoken to me and I felt a deep connection to the rocks. The earth is composed of rock, so when I balance these stones, Im truly balancing part of the earth. By bringing about a greater awareness of the natural world, I hope people will stop and reconsider the environment that surrounds us, how we are affecting it, and how essential it is to our lives. I want to express the beauty and harmony of the natural world using ordinary rocks in an extraordinary way.

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Sandbox Sculpture
With these configurations I experience both failure and success, and through each failure I learn a little bit more about the stones- realizing all of their imperfections and purity. Every stone is completely different from the next, the variety is endless, which allows for infinite arrangements. I feel that the process of making something is just as important as the final product; its about my own personal journey and creating that balance within myself.

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Rock Balancing Drawings:

Later I began to explore rock balancing through other mediums, such as drawing and video. I wanted to capture the pure essence of the rocks, and tranform that energy onto paper. These drawings engage me as unique figures, and I can feel the intensity of the balance through the contours of the stones. Left: Jasper, Mountain Rocks Above: Sandbox Sculptures

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