One Egg Only
by Maria Hunt
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12.000 x 6.000 inches
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Title
One Egg Only
Artist
Maria Hunt
Medium
Drawing - Charcoal Drawing On Paper
Description
In a drawing course, the instructor gave the homework assignment of drawing a white egg on a white background. At critique time we all pinned our works to the wall and were asked to discuss the difficulties we experienced. After a few were called on, I raised my hand... I couldn't work out how to make one egg interesting and had drawn 3 eggs to make a better composition... She said "I did say ONE Egg, class... Maria's is the one with THREE." and rolled her eyes. (EMMbarrassing) I explained my difficulty with getting sufficient contrast from vine charcoal.. and we moved on to the next problem. everyone had the same miserable results. That night, I placed a single egg on a white paper and set up the lighting to get an elongated shadow to make it interesting.. and titled it "One Egg Only" and turned it in the next day. Problem solved.. I liked my solution.
Having time to think of this solution, this image addresses, I think, the idea of Zen in art, as stated by Masunaga Reiho, could be defined as: " Simplicity, Profundity, Creativity, and Vitality... These happen to be characteristics of Zen itself as well as Zen art."
Special AWARDS:
1st place tie - From your sketchbook 4/28/18
2nd Place Spring Eggs Contest 3/30/16
2nd place = Lou Xiang Contest
Special THANKS to the following Fine Art America Groups for featuring this drawing:
Abc Group 02/14/2019
Five Star Artist 05/27/2017
1000 Views on 1 image 05/25/2017
Pictures for present 05/24/2017
Out Of The Ordinary 06/03/2015
The charm of Black 05/12/2015
In the Mood 01/10/2015
Minimalism 01/09/2015
Black and white 01/08/2015
Images That Excite You 01/08/2015
Appreciating Works... 01/08/2015
The World We See 01/08/2015
Content:
eggs, still life, egg, minimalism, black and white, kitchen art, kitchen d�r, maria hunt, drawing, charcoal drawings
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January 8th, 2015
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Comments (192)
Reynold Jay
A Marvelous piece you've have created! Very detailed and Excellent Executed! Love it a lot! FAVORITE!L/F
Laurel Adams
Maria, well rendered. Your observations and reflections were probably the point of the exercise! I, too, experienced the agony of going into the unknown without explanation...I found out that’s where Inspiration lives! ...and Life is good! Voted! Best of luck to you.
Frank J Benz
Simple, elegant, clean composition Maria ! ! Love the texture you have created on this image.
Luther Fine Art
Congratulations! Your marvelous art has been featured on the Home Page of the ABC Group. This art has been selected from the ABC Group's S IS FOR SHADOW themed week. You are invited to add this wonderful art to the features archive.
Shoal Hollingsworth
Outstanding piece here Maria, I love your description as well. Way to solve the issue.
Sarah Batalka
Congrats on your 1st place tie in the From Your Sketchbook contest, Maria! You got my vote! L/F/v
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