TINWOOD: Student and Teacher Art and Scholarship (Educational Resources)

A selection of art and scholarship provided by teachers and students

These artworks were provided by East Tennessee State University Department of Art and Design Instructor Mary Nees, MFA, and her Color Theory class.
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Alaina Aikens, ETSU '12, gouache painting inspired by a Housetop by Gee's Bend Quiltmaker Lola Pettway "I am new to art, and have not had a lot of background in it. This project was interesting and taught me a lot about value."	Joanna Barnett, ETSU '12, gouach painting inspired by a Housetop by Gee's Bend Quiltmaker Mary L. Bennett "I think it's very interesting how these beautiful quilts are a perfect example of the value scale in our art class. They have an amazing concept of colors with their mixes of pure prismatic colors with more desaturated hues. It is gorgeous work!"	Cobalt Cox, ETSU '12, gouache painting inspired by a bricklayer by Gee's Bend Quiltmaker Aolar Mosely "For this project, we were asked to choose a work by one of the quilters and match the values and design."
Seth Elkins, ETSU '11, gouache painting inspired by a quilt by Gee's Bend Quiltmaker Loretta P. Bennett "I'm a Digital Media major at ETSU, and I did this in my Color Theory class. This was my first experience with Gee's Bend quilts, and it was quite fun."	Joel Gerlach, ETSU '10, gouache painting inspired by a quilt by Gee's Bend Quiltmaker Deborah Young "I am me. And as I learn about what colors flow from my hands, I learn about myself. Through creating, I am defined."	Joseph Grieves, ETSU '12, gouache painting inspired by a quilt by Gee's Bend Quiltmaker Sue Willie Seltzer "I love the way certain colors jump out at the viewer: therefore, I used lots of contrast in my piece."
Catherine Laurensongundlach, ETSU '12, gouache painting inspired by a Housetop by Gee's Bend Quiltmaker Mary Lee Bendolph "I really enjoyed working on this assignment."	Victoria Longworth, ETSU '12, gouache painting inspired by a quilt by Gee's Bend Quiltmaker Lucy Mooney "I love color so my goal was to definitely use some prismatics. Just going by the values on the original quilt really challenged you to make your own color choice and it is surprising to see how different or how close the two are."	Derek Miller, ETSU '12, gouache painting inspired by a quilt by Gee's Bend Quiltmaker "Ma Willie" Abrams
Steven Mott, ETSU '12, gouache painting inspired by a quilt by Gee's Bend Quiltmaker Gloria Hoppins "I really wanted to take this aged looking quilt and give it a more modern feeling."	Shanna Settlemir, ETSU '10, gouache painting inspired by a quilt by Gee's Bend Quiltmaker Deborah Young "This was a very fun project!"	Megan Shelton, ETSU '12, gouache painting inspired by a Housetop by Gee's Bend Quiltmaker RachelCarey George "I really loved this assignment. My goal during this whole assignment was to try and make Rachel George proud. Even though I knew she would never get to see it. I learned a lot from this project. I never knew about Gee's Bend until this project and after Mrs. Nees introduced the project, I was amazed and fascinated all at the same time."
Kelci Wilson, ETSU '10, gouache painting inspired by a quilt by Gee's Bend Quiltmaker Nell Hall Williams "I am very interested in textiles, and want to learn how to quilt someday."	Ted Wyatt, ETSU '12, gouache painting inspired by a quilt by Minnie Sue Cleman I'm a freshman at ETSU and I really liked this project and working with Minnie Sue's quilt. It was very vibrant, and I tried to get as close as possible with the values.