The Artist Statement of Brandy Stark (PhD):
In the Primal/Tribal mythologies of the world, there is a basic understanding: whatever is done to nature or to another is done the self. In nature, we find the underlying communal whole, the essence that ties us all together. Religions teach us how to work together in bettering the self, the community, and the world. By integrating these ideas into my philosophy, my art utilizes found objects in a unique and unexpected way to remind the viewer of this universal connectedness while also bringing about a new form of use for each object. It is my hope that through finding new life for these items, my art will remind the viewer to find new relationships with the world around them.
Current and Upcoming Art Shows:
HAPPY HOMES PAGE: See where my art ends up! Patrons who send snapshots of works placed in their new environment....
Florida Craftsmen, Holiday Show. Downtown St. Petersburg. Through Dec. 31.
Ruth Eckerd Hall, Dec. 1 - Feb. ?
Brighthouse Corporate building. Through Feb.
Dec. 1: Holiday "Hanging of the Greens" at Seminole campus, St. Petersburg College. Ornament selected to represent the year 2011. See video.
Publication: Seminole Beacon, re: Artist Demonstration Day, St. Petersburg College, Seminole Campus.
PUblication: St. Petersburg Times re: Faces of the Feminine Art Show (also ran in the TBT).
Publication: "The Sandbox", St. Petersburg College.
Recent Awards:
Winner, Tiffin University video commentary (11/2010)
7th place, Hallowe'en Rat Clubs Contest, "I found it!" Oct, 2010.
People's Choice "Off the Wall", "Off the Wall II: Wet, Wild and witty". Modern Mermaid. Sept. 2010.
Best 3-D, "Pumpkitty", Coastcon Art Show 2010
Media Mention: http://www.examiner.com/x-29832-St-Petersburg-Photography-Examiner~y2010m3d9-I-Love-St-Pete
2nd Place, 3-D art ("Southern Belle"), Necronomicon. Oct. 23 - 25, 2009.
1st Place, 3-D art ("Cat and Mouse").
TESA Members Show, Leepa Rattner Museum. Oct. 25 - Dec. 7, 2009.
Publicity: TBO (My star is the alien star)
For prints/more images of current art: Deviantart.com
A special THANK YOU to Donna for asking to create a Facebook fan page for me. I am deeply honored and the page is awesome! 8/2008.
About the artist:
Other Galleries of Completed Works:
Brandy Stark of STARK IMAGES on Facebook
Latest Creations
"Cat and Mouse", "Best 3-D" Coastcon. Sent by Wayne, Mobile Alabama. Shown with another of my metal cats.
Fleur de Mar, "G-String" winner, Off the Wall/Body show.
"Special Lady": From the home of Barbara Conners, Colorado.
"A house is not a home" Second Place Winner, digital stamp contest, Deviantart.com
7th place, Deviant Art multi-club contest, Rats/Hallowe'en Images
The image was created and turned in the night the contest was due (busy month!), and it's my first planned phototography entry for the club. I chose it because of the shot, and the color (black, orange, with a white pumpkin, too!) Shadrach (pictured) is a rescue boy, too.
The Announcement:
Congratulations on your 7th place finish in the Holloween Rat Club Contest!!!! :D
Award: 800 Deviantart points
The camera's view from Trashion Fashion's final runway walk. Odysseus, myself, and my model. This was the hardest part of the show!
CALL FOR ARTISTS: Faces of the Feminine, Superheroines and Popular Culture. Info HERE.
A new mobile: "A Flock of Free Floating Fellows". Hard to get a good picture of it (see scrolling bar above) but I wanted to show the movement!
