Creating Memories Artists Walton Ford‐ Blending depictions of natural history with political commentary, Walton Ford’s meticulous watercolors satirize the history of colonialism and political oppression in the social landscape of today. Each painting is as much a tutorial in flora and fauna as it is as a scathing indictment of the wrongs committed by nineteenth‐century industrialists and the foibles of contemporary consumers. Elizabeth Murray‐ Elizabeth Murray’s distinctively shaped canvases break with the art‐historical tradition of illusionistic space in two‐dimensions. Jutting out from the wall and sculptural in form, Murray’s paintings and watercolors playfully blur the line between the painting as an object and the painting as a space for depicting objects. "See how the red works with that green over there...how it makes this arc across the space. And it’s not just formal. It’s an arrangement like you’re arranging your living room or arranging your face in the morning. It’s so integral to all of us, that kind of arrangement that makes the form of the painting.” –Elizabeth Murray Which of these paintings is more real? Which is more abstract? Why?__________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ Abstract- is art that looks as if it contains little or no recognizable or realistic forms from the physical world. Focus is on formal elements such as colors, lines, or shapes. Artists often "abstract" objects by changing, simplifying, or exaggerating what they see. Realism- is an art style, which depicts subject matter (form, color, space) as it appears in actuality or ordinary visual experience as closely as possible without distortion or stylization. Realistic artwork can also be images that are created to look as they would in the physical real world if in fact they existed. "Almost Made It" 1998‐1999 Oil on three canvases, 73 1/2 x 99 inches overall "Ornithomancy No. 3" 2000 Watercolor, gouache, ink and pencil on paper, 26 x 19 inches Walton Ford