Atkinson Museum Excellence Award
Barns of the ODAC draws from my unique perspective as both a Hampden-Sydney Visual Arts Major and as a member of our nationally ranked and reigning ODAC championship team. This collection was inspired by photographs of barns that I captured through the window on the bus, as I traveled to contests in the Old Dominion Athletic Conference.
As an artist, I am informed by the world around me, inspired by nature, and appreciate the geometric form seen within the landscape. My thesis theme explores the contrast between the primitive barn and modern sculptural art. Dark shelters in their natural, rustic elements are what I notice most when passing through the countryside. In their rural form, they are one of the furthest things from modern art. Yet, I see the barns as geometry, negative space, and cast light and shadow.
When translating the feel of the barns into a work of art, I use geometric form, square cradles, and white plaster to interpret the rural structures. When creating the work, I place heavy emphasis on line, the play of light, and cast shadow. Light and shadow add texture, movement, and dimension to each singularly colored work. I use dimensional geometric forms, gluing them onto a modern and perfectly square geometric cradle. I then hand-apply moldable plaster, leaving my fingerprints on each piece. I create pockets and peaks of geometry to allow light and shadow to either reside or bounce away from the surface.
There is no exact ending point to make the piece a “finished” piece. There can always be more added or taken away from each work to unify them. Furthermore, I don’t have a set result in my. head for each piece. As the work is in process, I allow the pieces to develop intuitively, giving my art a loose and unrestrictive quality.
While developing ideas for my work, I have taken bits and pieces from many different artists’ works, but McKenzie Dove has inspired me the most. She creates with plaster and other abstract media. She uses many of the same aspects portrayed in my works including geometry, line, light and shadow, neutrals, and a contemporary style.
Hubbard was awarded the Hampden-Sydney College Atkinson Museum Excellence Award in the Spring of 2024 for this body of work.
Dimensions: 10” x 10”
Medium: Plaster
Atkinson Museum Excellence Award
Barns of the ODAC draws from my unique perspective as both a Hampden-Sydney Visual Arts Major and as a member of our nationally ranked and reigning ODAC championship team. This collection was inspired by photographs of barns that I captured through the window on the bus, as I traveled to contests in the Old Dominion Athletic Conference.
As an artist, I am informed by the world around me, inspired by nature, and appreciate the geometric form seen within the landscape. My thesis theme explores the contrast between the primitive barn and modern sculptural art. Dark shelters in their natural, rustic elements are what I notice most when passing through the countryside. In their rural form, they are one of the furthest things from modern art. Yet, I see the barns as geometry, negative space, and cast light and shadow.
When translating the feel of the barns into a work of art, I use geometric form, square cradles, and white plaster to interpret the rural structures. When creating the work, I place heavy emphasis on line, the play of light, and cast shadow. Light and shadow add texture, movement, and dimension to each singularly colored work. I use dimensional geometric forms, gluing them onto a modern and perfectly square geometric cradle. I then hand-apply moldable plaster, leaving my fingerprints on each piece. I create pockets and peaks of geometry to allow light and shadow to either reside or bounce away from the surface.
There is no exact ending point to make the piece a “finished” piece. There can always be more added or taken away from each work to unify them. Furthermore, I don’t have a set result in my. head for each piece. As the work is in process, I allow the pieces to develop intuitively, giving my art a loose and unrestrictive quality.
While developing ideas for my work, I have taken bits and pieces from many different artists’ works, but McKenzie Dove has inspired me the most. She creates with plaster and other abstract media. She uses many of the same aspects portrayed in my works including geometry, line, light and shadow, neutrals, and a contemporary style.
Hubbard was awarded the Hampden-Sydney College Atkinson Museum Excellence Award in the Spring of 2024 for this body of work.
Dimensions: 10” x 10”
Medium: Plaster
