Constellations and Murmurations

Nov 27, 2022

Written by Kaye Buchman

Artist: Mary Ridley

During the month of November, the artists in our Envision Program explored the concepts of Constellations and Murmurations in their sketchbooks. These subjects provided engaging opportunities for working with complex environments and natural phenomena while working with a succession of drawn and painted layers.

We started by examining Constellations as a collection of locations that mark our place in the Universe. This included the layering of the shapes of the Milky Way, planet Earth, United States, state and city of residence, neighborhood, home, etc. We then studied Murmurations through the Rule of Seven as a practice for developing dynamic compositions and movement using both wet and dry media. The works shown here represents a selection of these sketchbook explorations.

Artist: Virginia Carstarphen

Virginia Carstarphen