December 2, 2014 - Artist Mary Lou Dauary visited Dreyfoos School of the Arts and presented a presentation on the effects of coal on the environment, inspiring the students to make their own pieces using coal as a medium.
Designed and edited by Heather Hart
All photos taken by respective students.
Designed and edited by Heather Hart
All photos taken by respective students.
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| Soaking In |
This piece was inspired by the affects of coal. Not only does it affect the air but it can also change the surrounding landscape. I used watercolor paint then let it drip to represent how the remains of the coal seep into the ground and change the Earth. Mary Lou Dauary, who came to visit, inspired me to consider the topic of coal and how it affects the world. I am looking forward to continuing my research on this topic.
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| Seeping In |
Mary Lou Dauary, who visited our class and helped us learn to incorporate real world problems and events into our artwork, influenced my piece. By doing this we can convey a message with our work, and help people become more aware of their surroundings. The subject we were all inspired by was coal, the part that I focused on was the pollution it creates when burned and let into the air. My piece represents how the coal comes from the Earth but when used by humans can destroy the Earth. I made this piece because I feel like this is a big problem and I want to help the community learn more about saving our environment. For this piece I used charcoal, watercolor, and coal. I used coal because I wanted to represent the over use of it in some places and emphasize that it is used more often than people think.
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| Untitled |
The concept of coal inspired me because it
made me believe that a person can change the world’s view through art or any
talent if you use it for the common good.
The person pictured was drawn to
carry a ball made out of coal. The ball made f flaming coal symbolizes the
earth. While carrying the ball, the man is about to drown in the polluted water
that humans created. There’s thunderstorms and dangerous polluted air to add a
dramatic touch.
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| Railroad |
It was a great experience learning from Mary
Lou Dauary. We learned about her artwork. I really liked the way she added drips
to some of her pieces. In my drawing I tried to add drips as well. My piece is
supposed to show how trains are spilling coal all over the environment and
polluting the air.
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| Heart of Coal |
The watercolor painting above, Heart Of Coal, was inspired by the artist Mary Lou Dauary. The purpose of this art is to make people aware that coal is damaging the environment. The message of the piece is to inform the public that even though coal is the “heart” of Asia, it providing most of its energy, it’s destroying the environment. There is a huge brown cloud of pollution lingering over parts of Asia that is caused by the country’s use of coal.
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| Product |
My piece was about energy and how coal
relates to it. Coal makes power. Mary Lou Dauary’s talk about pollution inspired
me to incorporate dark grey smog for parts of the hazy background I drew a view
of our class that shows moving students and Mary Lou Dauary at the laptop to the
right. This piece was supposed to capture the movement of our class and show
that no matter what, we create waste products through living and need to learn
how to become efficient.
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| Spoiled Lineage |
Mary Lou Dauary’s inspiring presentation further demonstrated to me the power of the voice of an artist. From Picasso’s Guernica to Daury’s series on the pollution caused by the consumption of coal, we have the power to challenge the way people think and inspire them to make a change.
I also learned that Poland is one of the world’s largest
consumers of coal and that pollution has become extreme in certain areas in the
country. Being of Polish descent, I have visited multiple times and I fondly
regard my memories of the cities there, but the information garnered from the
talk left them tainted. In my piece, I attempted to represent this through the
pair of wispy hands reaching towards a pile of coal, which symbolizes my
attempts to recall my warm memories only to find them polluted by coal dust.
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| Conservation of Energy |
My piece was about the different types of energy and their effect on the environment. Coal may be a good source of energy but when burned, energy is lost as heat and harmful gasses are entered into the atmosphere. The windmill is just a representation of all the non-harmful energy we can use such as solar energy, wind energy, water energy, etc. We can find uses for them that will preserve our environment.
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| Fried Earth |
I learned from the presentation that coal burning and coal mining is a very serious problem. It is destroying and frying our Earth because of the smoke let off from the coal. In the drawing I drew an extremely thin person that looks like it’s dead. This symbolizes the Earth’s mountains being broken down for coal mining and the earth being surrounded by smoke from coal. I drew the earth on fire to show how the earth is pretty much being burned from the trapped heat from the coal’s smoke.
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| Energy Monster |
After
Mary Lou’s presentation on the impact of coal emission it made me think about
how destructive and monstrous coal is. In my drawing I personified coal to show
how I see it, as a destructive and reckless force. I made this with watercolor,
pens and charcoal.
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| Fire Dance |
Mary
Lou Dauary inspired our class to make an art piece about the negative usage of
coal in our society. What really stood out to me was her concern for our earth.
To me this problem is important because we live on this planet, so we must
protect our home. My piece is about how the burning of coal is not only
lighting a flame to a rock, but correlates with every-day human life and our
natural world. The colors represent how we derive usefulness from something so
harmful, and ignore the negative effects of coal. This is an issue that needs
to change.
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| Destructive Planet |
My piece was inspired by
coal as well as Mary Lou Dauary’s research and commitment to the topic of world
awareness. Mary Lou visited our small 9th grade class to enlighten
us on the broad and interesting topic. In many of her pieces she worked with
watercolor drips and a theme of coal. My piece is shining a light on pollution
and destruction of the environment and represents a dirty world that is
changing for the worse if we don’t take a stand and do something. Overall the
experience was eye opening and made me aware of the issues in our world.
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| Mountains of the Future |
On December 2nd, Mary Lou Dauary entered Ms. Gifford’s Art History class to present her latest series of works involving coal pollution and environmental awareness. I was impressed by her mass amount of research, and her artistic interpretations of her subject. I was inspired to create a coal piece myself, although the meaning for my piece is completely contrasting to Ms. Dauary’s pieces. I believe that coal is a part of the important history of America, and that its usage holds an important historical meaning that has shaped America to be what it is today.
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| Pixelate |
On December 2nd Ms. Gifford’s third period class had the privilege of listening to a presentation by Mary Lou Dauary. She inspired me to make art that connects to the environment and conveys a message. I used Photoshop to pixelate my drawing because Dauary used Photoshop to edit some of her pieces. My piece shows the Earth affected by coal pollution. Overall, Dauary’s presentation taught me about world awareness and pollution.
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| Tree of Life |
Krysta Sylvestri
Mary
Lou Dauray’s presentation to us was a very big game changer. She told us about
how coal affects the world, in some of the worst ways possible. Her art was not
only amazing to look at, but also spoke powerfully about today’s problems with
pollution. My piece somewhat mirrored hers, as the tree is a symbol for the
main parts of the world and the black watered down charcoal represents the
destruction to the world and nature caused by coal consuming factories. Her
work had a strong impact on me and makes me want to help with conservation
efforts.
Thank you Mary Lou Dauary for inspiring us yet again!
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