A TEACHER’S WORK OF ART

LSC-TOMBALL STUDENT ART GALLERY

BERNICE PEACOCK

• Has worked with LSC-Tomball for 11 years

• Also taught at Houston Community College and the Art Institute

• Her eclectic, colorful paintings are heavily influenced by Surrealism

PEACOCK’S WORK

PEACOCK’S WORK

• Peacock used many bright colors. Many of her paintings were definitely influenced by Surrealism. She uses many curved lines to give each of her paintings fluid movements in the background. In some of her paintings she contrasted these bright colors and fluid movements with stark colors such as white and sharp lines. Each of her paintings held a light to them through the colors she used. Each piece had a female individual as the focal point. Each painting also had nature’s influence in the background through flowers, mountains, and/ or water movement. The connection between each painting besides a similar theme throughout is that one piece is an up close shot of an overall painting.

PEACOCK’S WORK

• Looking at each painting I feel as if I am stepping into someone’s dream. Each painting seems to convey a woman both content with life and yet still in the process of journeying through life. I found that the small boat and pathway in the background along with far off mountains as a destination not yet obtained. The flowers and bright colors convey the cheerfulness and contentment. Her work reminds me of when I was preparing to graduate high school. I was content with my life and yet I was looking forward to the adventure of moving out of my parent’s house and taking a step towards my independence.

PEACOCK’S WORK

• I believe that these works of arts are in fact successful in making the viewer think. I feel that her paintings are similar to Van Gogh in that they have a dreamlike qualities and yet the images are still recognizable. Though her paintings are easily seen as influenced by the surrealist movement, Peacock seems to portray her own view through her paintings through the style of her work. The bright colors and fluid movement along with the imagery she inserts into were work provide this individuality.

PEACOCK’S WORK

MICHAEL MCGINLEY

• Has taught art history and art appreciation at LSC-Tomball for 11 years

• Recently branched out into digital photography

• Current work is about local musicians and recording their movement and passion in creating their sounds

MCGINLEY’S WORK

• McGinley used time lapse digital photography to capture the soul and spirit of musicians and their music. Using this method, he captured the liveliness of what music means to the musician and to himself. You see the passion that each musician has for their chosen medium. With time lapse digital photography it creates a “spirited dream like” appearance because of the lines of movement and placement of the light. McGinley chooses to portray each image in black and white so that the viewer’s eye is drawn specifically to the movement. Each image portrays McGinley’s them of a musician’s passion.

MCGINLEY’S WORK

• I believe that McGinley’s work was successful in his goal to portray each musician’s love for the music they played. As the viewer looks at these images the movement in each one is apparent. I believe that McGinley’s focus and choice in subject provide originality to his works of art.

MCGINLEY’S WORK

• As I viewed each of McGinley’s pieces I have a sense of wonderment at his portrayal of the musician’s feelings as he plays his chosen instrument. When I looked at these I felt the musician’s intense passion and sensed how hard each had worked to attain their skill. The fluid movement gave me, the viewer, an opportunity to see the notes being played, rather than just enjoying the sound. Each piece gave me an image to link with the emotions I feel as I listen to music that moves me.

MCGINLEY’S WORK

CREDIT

• The biography’s on each artist were provided by LSC-Tomball at the entrance of the gallery.