Scholastic

For info on Scholastic Art Show, scroll down past the post below, or, simply click here.

The Seven Deadly Sins

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Various interpretations of the Seven Deadly Sins, from the Advanced 2D Art class.


Celia Eddy


Sydney Wright


Artina Gomez


Corinne Grendon




Joseph Humphreys




Lindsey Burcar




Elaina Barnes




Christina Lowery


Rose English

Scholastic

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Students-- here are links for info, registration, etc. for The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards.


Scholastic national website; register here online:

http://www.artandwriting.org/


Regional information (Macomb, St. Clair, and Lapeer):

http://www.collegeforcreativestudies.edu/scholastic/MI002

Self-Portraits from Advanced 2D Art

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Molly Jeffrey


Sydney Wright


Celia Eddy


Angela Ulinski


Lindsey Burcar


Artina Gomez


Anthony Chirco


Jessica Macumber


Deidre Griffith (portrait of Alex)

New Student Art from fall 2009

Here are some recent paintings from the Advanced 2D Art class.


Taylor Wilder


Taylor Wilder


Taylor Wilder


Taylor Wilder


Sydney Wright


Noelle Willis


Iris McNitt


Rebecca Turner


Sydney Wright

Lowbrow Art / Pop Surrealism

Robert Williams

Lowbrow Art, also known as Pop Surrealism, is an art movement that has its origins in the 1960s and 1970s, coming originally from California hot rod / kustom car culture, underground comix, countercultures from the 1960s, 70s, and 80s, and other subcultures as well.

The term Lowbrow art came about as a reaction to the highbrow* art typically found in many art galleries and museums. Where the mainstream of much contemporary art places little emphasis on skill, artists in the lowbrow movement are typically highly skilled; many come from an illustration background.

*definition of highbrow: a person with intellectual or cultural pretensions; an intellectual snob. May also refer to pretentious art galleries and museums-- supposedly sophisticated, but maybe not!

One of the major promoters of lowbrow art is the magazine Juxtapoz, founded by lowbrow artist Robert Williams. Williams worked as an "underground comix" artist in the 1960's, appearing in Zap and other comic books as well. Prior to that he worked for Kustom Kar designer Ed "Big Daddy" Roth, who was also the creator the the character Rat Fink.

Ed "Big Daddy" Roth






Robert Williams


Todd Schorr




Mark Ryden




A great place to see a lot of lowbrow art online is the website for the California gallery La Luz de Jesus.

Some lowbrow artist links:

Robert Williams
Todd Schorr
Mark Ryden

Mr. Jacobi at CPOP Gallery

The Opener of the Way, acrylic, 18" x 24", 2008.
(click on image for a larger view)

Mr. Jacobi's painting The Opener of the Way will be included in the show “It’s All About ©” at Detroit's CPOP gallery. The show opens on May 2, and runs through mid-June. For more details, see Mr. Jacobi's personal art blog by clicking here.