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Inner Dialogue

Cubie, David Livingstone, Jr.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1209230788

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2008, MFA, Kent State University, College of the Arts / School of Art.
Inner Dialogue is the result of twenty-four consecutive days of painting, each day producing a different painting. The primary unifying elements are the scale of the paintings (29.5 inches x35.5 inches – vertically oriented), wet into wet painting technique using a single color as the base for each day, and the time frame. The primary elements that distinguished the paintings one from another was that I chose a different color, subject, style and approach each day. These elements were chosen in a self-consciously arbitrary fashion using the first thought that came to mind at the beginning of the day. The purpose of this was to visually manifest the underlying thought processes separate from the more apparent concerns of style and content in order to comprehend the essential elements of my personal style and motivations as a painter. The twenty-four painting were hung together in a grid format. The elements of style that stand out as consistent are an emphasis on the fluidity of paint, an overall tonality that ranges around the middle of the gray scale, and the use of an abundance of contrasting elements. I concluded that pleasure is my primary motivation, with painting’s purpose being to fill the space between cradle and grave of an essentially meaningless existence.
Craig Lucas (Advisor)
Martin Ball (Committee Member)
Isabel Farnsworth (Committee Member)
Diane Scillia (Committee Member)
Doug Unger (Committee Member)
46 p.
Fine Arts
painting; oil paint; nihilism; diary; experiment; veteran; veteran's art

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  • Cubie, Jr., D. L. (2008). Inner Dialogue [Master's thesis, Kent State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1209230788

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Cubie, Jr., David. Inner Dialogue. 2008. Kent State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1209230788.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Cubie, Jr., David. "Inner Dialogue." Master's thesis, Kent State University, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1209230788

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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