http://markstoreyart.blogspot.com/2011/01/fantastic-darth-vader-art-made-from.html

Mark Storey - 12+ years as a Graphic Designer in Croydon, United Kingdom, huge Star Wars fan.

I chose this because it was Star Wars, which I like, and the image is completely made with Vader's quotes. This designer had several years worth of blogs with his interpretation of the Star Wars movie posters and character images.  I looked at several text and word art images before residing on this one.  I found one that was a recreation of one of the Wicked posters, done all in text, that I really liked, but I couldn't find any information on who had made it, so I continued to look.  When I came across this I liked the darkness of it and how all the quotes were used to make the image.  I believe the text forming the image gives it something of a pictograph feel, because even if you are not familiar with Darth Vader's dialogue, most everyone recognizes the his image.  He used a sans serif typeface to create the image, bolding some words to add shading or lightness as needed.  

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Georgia O'Keefe's Horse's Skull with Pink Rose

I was interested in how large an impact such a small amount of color can make. I chose this after watching a PBS program about New Mexico that had a section featuring Georgia O'Keefe.  I was intrigued by her motives, which were explained to be completely different than what most critics theorized, that her paintings were comments on her sexuallity.  I intended to find one of her flower paintings and so my blog over it, but when I came across this I felt compelled to share it.  I like this for several reasons, the subject matter is equine, and I used to have a complete horse skull I kept for many years.  His name was Jowles and it resided in several of my homes over the years.  When I was in the military I lost track of him.  I did many sketches of him but I never thought of adding something like a flower.  I was surprised to see she had done several paintings of various skulls and they were fresh and interesting because of the objects she paired the skulls with.  The pink rose grabs your eye and is complemented by the green leaves against the shades of white and black of the background. I can't put my finger on what, exactly, it is about the image I find so appealing, but I just love it.  I would hang this in my home in a heartbeat, however my husband has a very different take on it and says he doesn't like it because of the skull and representation of death.  I don't see it as a representation of death, rather as finding an object of beauty in an unexpected place.  In the summer I have found the most lovely flowers growing among the bones of my neighbor's cow boneyard.  I plan to learn more about O'Keefe's work and motivation. 

About me

 Jerica Richanne Scullawl-Gates

• I am a Cherokee, a wife, an Army Veteran, and the mother of two young men, Taylor, age 22 and Zane, age 18 and have a stepdaughter, Ashlyn, age 19. 

• My husband, Buck, and I are both graduates of Tulsa's Raymond S. McLain high school, classes of 1988 and 1989, before Tulsa Public Schools changed the mascot and we were still the Scotts.

•  I served in the Army for 3 years and used my G.I. money to complete a Bachelor's Degree in Native American Studies at Northeastern State University in Tahlequah in 2005.  

• I became a Certified Graphics Design Specialist in 2012 at Northeast Technology Center in Pryor.

• My birthday is September 11th 1969, my mother was planning to go to a concert in New York, but couldn't because she was pregnant and no one believed she should travel, so I missed my chance to be born at Woodstock.

• I own on a small farm with 7 goats, 39 chickens, 6 cats, 2 dogs, a rabbit,  a rat, a triple registered former National Champion miniature horse stallion and one little orange Platty.  

• I work from May thru September as a Park Ranger for the Army Corps of Engineers at Skiatook and Birch lakes in Osage County. I get to interact with lots of people and wildlife during a typical work day, and I spend most of my workday outside, in nature, and it's awesome!  

• I primarily work in clay and 3D sculpture, I am looking forward to learning more about 2D media. I love to sculpt.  

• I spend almost 5 years in the Alaskan bush, until 1984. During that time we did not have electricity, running water, indoor plumbing as well as many other modern conveniences we take for granted everyday here.  

• I read a lot. 

• I have always enjoyed Japanese Anime all my life (being a 4th generation Army brat I was exposed to it around 5 or 6 years old) as well as Science Fiction programs, my grandparents had a huge painting of the Enterprise over their sofa. 

• I practice traditional Cherokee religion, the Stomp Dance, and used to dance Southern Cloth in Pow Wows.  

• I am all about every shade of purple and anything to do with Dachshunds.