{"id":435,"date":"2019-01-25T20:37:29","date_gmt":"2019-01-25T20:37:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jcjc.edu\/jcnews\/?p=435"},"modified":"2019-01-25T20:37:29","modified_gmt":"2019-01-25T20:37:29","slug":"an-eye-opening-art-exhibit-on-display-at-jones-college-inspires-young-artists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jcjc.edu\/jcnews\/news\/an-eye-opening-art-exhibit-on-display-at-jones-college-inspires-young-artists\/","title":{"rendered":"An \u201ceye\u201d opening art exhibit on display at Â鶹ֱ²¥ inspires young artists"},"content":{"rendered":"

ELLISVILLE \u2013 Jackson native and current Hattiesburg artist, Traci Stover\u2019s collection, \u201cScrutiny: Portraiture Through the Eye,\u201d has become an eye-opening experience for Â鶹ֱ²¥ students. The exhibit, on display at Â鶹ֱ²¥\u2019s Eula Bass Lewis Art Gallery on the Ellisville campus until February 8, takes a unique look at the human eye. The art professor\u2019s close-up of what many call the \u201cwindow to a person\u2019s soul\u201d began while painting a portrait with 12 family members. Stover\u2019s desire to see the details on each person\u2019s face, especially the eyes created an intense interest which led to stranger\u2019s requesting her to paint their eye. That process, Stover explained during an \u201cArt Talk\u201d for Â鶹ֱ²¥ art majors, also allowed her to learn how to use materials in a new and different way.<\/p>\n

\u201cFlemish artists, Jan van Eyck and Roger van der Weyden inspire me with their ability to blend intense observation with a compassionate acknowledgment of the person before them.\u00a0 They used oil paints, which were a relatively new medium at the time, and they most surely used mirrors and lenses to aid them in their observations,\u201d said Stover. \u201cI also use the glazing technique of painting thin transparent layers over paint, stacking up layers through each other. I also use the traditional oil paint and the modern acrylic paint to create the eye on a square canvas, usually from a picture.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>As she discussed the process of focusing closely, investigating the eye and how it conveys so much about a person, Â鶹ֱ²¥ students began noticing more about each eye-portrait on display. \u00a0In some eyes, like in the close-up portrait of \u201cAlejandro,\u201d the photographer\u2019s image can be seen. In addition to the many different expressions and personalities revealed in the images of the eye, Stover said her mood is also reflected in the painting.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not just copying photographs of eyes.\u00a0 I\u2019m thinking about the person. In \u2018Sam\u2019s\u2019 case, she was going through a difficult time dealing with the loss of her brother, boyfriend and now her cancer diagnosis.\u00a0 I think about how I feel about them and it is often reflected in the portrait of their eye,\u201d Stover shared.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019re looking deep into their eyes. As you\u2019re painting, it starts off with lines, then as you are playing with paint it becomes more like an eye and it feels like it\u2019s looking back at you, but you start learning more about that eye and that\u2019s interesting.\u201d<\/p>\n

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That insight was an illuminating discovery for Centerville\u2019s Alaysia Montgomery. The freshmen art major said Stover\u2019s style has changed her view of painting and art overall.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is inspiring to me to know art can be more than just drawing a picture but also showing emotion. My next drawing will show more emotion. It will reflect the emotions embodied in the subject I paint,\u201d said Montgomery.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a> For more information about the JC art show contact the gallery at 601-477-4148 or visit the gallery which is open Monday through Thursday, 8:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m., and Friday from 8:00 a.m. until 2:30 p.m.\u00a0 The gallery is closed for lunch daily from 11:30 until noon.\u00a0 If you want to know more about the Â鶹ֱ²¥ Fine Arts Department check out the JC Fine Arts Facebook page at JCJCFineArts<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ELLISVILLE \u2013 Jackson native and current Hattiesburg artist, Traci Stover\u2019s collection, \u201cScrutiny: Portraiture Through the Eye,\u201d has become an eye-opening experience for Â鶹ֱ²¥ students. The exhibit, on display at Â鶹ֱ²¥\u2019s Eula Bass Lewis Art Gallery on the Ellisville campus until February 8, takes a unique look at the human eye. The art professor\u2019s … <\/p>\n

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