Unknown Artist- "Sunk Cost" in Punta del Este, Uruguay.

This large-scale sculpture in Uruguay is very interesting. Its name, Sunk Cost, is very inviting and the work of art is a success. It has visual quality, a correlated theme, and has power because of its size. Its unique location and position gives way to creative genius and inspires me to think large scale and to make my work more powerful.  I can interpret this work in correlation with my theme of Coexistence because it was made from man, its location is obvious that man placed it there, and its shape is a hand that reminds me of man.  However, its material and location are not manmade and would represent nature in my mind. In essence, the coexistence of man and nature are displayed in a non-literal way other than the fact that the shape is a hand.  It inspires me to think about my location where I will place my artwork and to think about the scale relative to the location and actual size if it is in relation to humans.

Mehmet Ali Uysal- How Those Waves Were Made

Mehmet Ali Uysal made this earth sculpture and it is in Park Chaudfontaine in Belgium. It is called , How Those Waves Were Made. It displays a huge closepin clipped on to a big green hill. The pure creativeness and unique approach of this artwork is very visually interesting. The large scale of this artwork makes it very powerful.  This inspires me to think outside-the-box. I know from looking at this artwork that even if you make something that is not interesting normally to a person, you can make it really big so it looks powerful and place it in a abnormal location to show a creativeness that is like a white marble in a sea of black marbles in the art world.  This work inspires me to utilize scale, proportion, and location in relativity to my theme of coexistence.

Jason deCaires Taylor - Series: When Statues Drown in a Storm, Where Do They Go?

Jason deCaires Taylor made these sculptures in the process made the world’s first underwater sculpture park, although now he has several. This is one sculpture as a whole in a series, however I thought this was the most interesting and visually entertaining.  Jason Taylor likes to blend modern art with the environment so his theme is very similar to mine. Coexistence is my theme and is what I feel when I see this sculpture of many people in holding hands in a circle, standing on the ocean floor.

               The water in the ocean is part of nature and would represent the environment part of my theme, coexistence, while the people holding hands would represent humans as a whole, in a more literal way. I find this piece literal, but unique, creative, inventive, and innovative.  I am inspired to think about how I could create a work of art that could be outside in a unusual place and could represent coexistence in a way that is visually rhythmic and entertaining like this piece by Jason Taylor.

Chris Dury - Carbon Sink

This piece is called Carbon Sink, by the UK artist, Chris Dury. This sculpture is a giant 36 foot circular work made up of logs and lumps of black coal. Chris approached this ideal from a environmental perspective making a connection between the coal industry and dead trees. I like the way he made the silvery logs look like something they are not.  This piece gives me the thought of a helicopter propeller or fan spinning really fast almost to the point that the blades start to blur.

            I respect this piece and comprehend it in terms of coexistence by interpreting it with parts relative to the term.  The fact you can tell manmade it is evident.  It is very large and involves parts in it that are from nature like logs and coal and the ground it lays on.  The way it is shaped and the combination of materials, just its existence gives the aurora of coexistence without literally having humans in it. I am inspired by this concept and will explore it.

Beth Galston- Luminous Garden (Aerial), 2009.

This work of art was done by Beth Galston and is called, Luminous Garden (Aerial), 2009. Beth wants to show cohesively the relationship between light and space by making these architectural environments. Beth Galston has worked for over twenty years on art using a wide range of media and this work of art she has created is part of a series which is very interesting.  Its uniqueness is determined as first sight and she gives the illusion of floating flowers or flowers that could be floating on water in my mind.  The creative connection between the flowers is significant.  They appear to be tangled up but are free flowing and give a peaceful vibe.  I can appreciate the style she brings and the essence that her work displays.  I can interpret her work in relative connection to my theme of coexistence because the flowers and wires that hold them up are made from man, but they have the appearance of plants in nature.

Steuart Bremner and Terry Talty - Forest for the Trees

This is an environmental installation by Steuart Bremner and Terry Talty called, Forest for the Trees, and signifies environmental clarity.  This piece is very interesting and inspirational to me because it involves people and stands as a artwork on its own in a intriguing way.  There are many pieces of trees lined on top of each other in a vertical manner with a hole cut into them in a unique way almost to suggest a portal.  It is beside a bike trail and this piece was commissioned to be installed here.  Its interesting because when bicyclists ride by it all you can see is a blur and it adds another element to this piece.  I would like to utilize my creative potential in making a piece or pieces of artwork that display coexistence and this environmental installation by Bremner and Talty influence me to possibly create a work that is supposed to be outside and utilized by people.

Sfona Pelah - Untitled

Sfona Pelah made this monoprint and it is untitled, but I could think of many terms to describe it such as isolation, depression, and motionless. This is a print that helps me to think of my theme of coexistence in a different light.  If I do printmaking, I could use figures in my prints in a literal way, but in a way that evokes a emotion from the viewer and translates a the theme in a different way.  Coexistence does not have to be seen through just my eyes. I could display it through my eyes looking through another persons eyes like this image does.  A man is staring our a window into a desert filled with nothing, however I can interpret this image as coexistence in the way he seems like he wants to go out into the world and be something or do something, but he is stuck.  Coexistence could be displayed in a positive way or negative way like in this print from a person looking into the world wandering who he is. This print inspires me to analyze my thoughts and dip deeper to evoke emotion from my viewer.