Current Exhibition at the Crisp-Ellert Art Museum

Re-Riding History: From the Southern Plains to the Matanzas Bay

Curated by Emily Arthur, Marwin Begaye and John Hitchcock

January 16 to February 28, 2015

Edgar Heap of Birds, For Grandpa, Many Magpies, 2014, monoprint. Courtesy of the artist.

More info at the link!

http://www.flagler.edu/news-events/crisp-ellert-art-museum/

allenball_third draft

My goal is to affect the viewers of my works and provoke the meditative calm that the natural world provides me.  I live very near to the St. Johns River, in a small wooded neighborhood. The trees are tall, healthy and stand quiet. Most days I can hear the wind off the river in the needles of the pine trees and a multitude of birds singing.  I enjoy ethereal and soft focus compositions as a tool for quiet paintings and drawings; my favorite time of day is the blue hour, around six in the morning. I enjoy soft light, and a quiet clash of light and dark, blue and red, warm and cool. Most of my paintings, drawings, and ceramics have a natural overtone; my goal is to create pieces which are honest, straightforward and painterly. I want my work to reveal my working processes, to be a document of their making. My goal in doing so is to create a sense of effortlessness, and make the work as a whole feel light and free of perfectionism.

allenball_second draft

      I live very near to the St. Johns River, in a small wooded neighborhood. The trees are tall, healthy and stand quiet. Most days I can hear the wind off the river in the needles of the pine trees and a multitude of birds singing. This has influenced me as an artist; my goal is to affect the viewers of my works and provoke the meditative calm that the natural world provides me. I am a big fan of ethereal and soft focus compositions as a tool for quiet paintings and drawings; my favorite time of day is the blue hour, around six in the morning. I enjoy soft light, and a quiet clash of light and dark, blue and red, warm and cool. Most of my paintings, drawings, and ceramics have a natural overtone; my goal is to create pieces which are honest, straightforward and painterly. I want my work to reveal the hand of the artist, to be a document of their making; my goal is to create a sense of effortless ease and make the work as a whole feel light and free of perfectionism.

Current resume

Allen Ball                                                  904.302.4240                                                                                                              ballallen@comcast.net

Artistic Experience                                                                           

National Alliance For Young Artists and Writers- Honorable Mention   

Clay County Student Art show-First, second (2), third, Honorable Mention, 2011/2012

Displayed in Florida School of the Arts gallery-Rising Star Juried Competition

Florida School of the Arts Juried Student Art Show

All Florida Ceramics Invitational

Technical Experience  

Gallery Assistant , Florida School of the Arts 

 

Education

Clay High Graduate                                                                                      2012

Associate of science                             Florida School of the Arts               2012-2014

Special Skills 

 References

Charles Marsh                                                                                Florida School of the Arts

Daniel Askew                                                                                Florida School of the Arts

allenball-first draft

I live very near to the St.Johns river, in a small wooded neighborhood. The trees are tall and healthy and stand quiet, most days i can hear the wind of the river in the needles of the pine trees and a multitude of birds singing. I try to affect the viewers of my works and provoke the meditative calm that the natural world provides me. I am a big fan of ethereal and soft focus compositions as a tool for quiet paintings and drawings; my favorite time of day is the foggy hour around six to seven in the morning. I enjoy soft light, and a quiet clash of light and dark, blue and red, warm and cool. Most of my paintings, drawings, and ceramics have an unavoidable natural overtone, I try to create pieces which are honest, unpretentious and painterly. I want my work to reveal the hand of the artist, to be a document of their making; my goal is to create a sense of effortless ease and  make the work as a whole feel light and unburdened by perfectionism.

AllenBall_statement outline

I paint, draw, and throw pots as meditation. Nature is peaceful and calming, slow and quiet; everything I do I try to evoke the emotions the natural world gives me and relay them to whomever views my work. When work is going well I am happy, self-actualized, and at peace.  I try to create stoic well designed compositions. Line quality and economy of form have always been very important to me.

Timeless elegance, soft focus, chic, bright, white, fresh, reflected light, twilight, herbaceous, woodland, environmental, lively, movement, painterly, ethereal, fog, mist, daybreak, first light, calming, peaceful,  meditative, semi matte, harmony of line and color, 

--The accomplishment and joy when I finish a successful work, and the realization that I’m honing my skills.

--Economy of line, light is strong; shadows are open not oppressive, strong color harmony, strong composition, and falls within my list of words and phrases above.

--I enjoy soft light, and a quiet clash of light and dark, blue and red, warm and cool. I enjoy painterly texture and like to see the hand of the artist. Each work is a record of its manufacture. Each work reveals the way in which it was created.

allen ball_Work Samples

Allen Ball

Etching 1, 2013

Arches paper, 11 X 7.5 inches

First in a series of three; an abstract etching of three groups of people in an atmospheric outdoor space. Designed to give a calming effect; On crème paper in warm black ink.

Allen Ball

Untitled, 2013

Watercolor & salt, on Bristol, 11 X 14 inces

An abstract ethereal backlit mist in a confined space, made with watercolors and sea salt to add a grainy effect to the composition. Made to be meditative and calming.

Allen Ball

Still life 1, 2013

Oil on Linen, 12 X 16 inches

A painting of light and shadow, parts of the painting remain purposely unfinished or painterly to preserve vibrancy of paint and brush marks. An overly bright light was used on a white setting to give a contemporary feel to a traditional alla prima still life.