Deanna Pindell
ecologically-focused public art and sculpture
Public Art Mural Class 2017
Client: Juice and Java, Bremerton WA
Students work with a real client in the community, use a collaborative design process, and paint the mural.
2 sections, 950 sq ft total.
Public Art Mural Class 2016
Client: El Toro Alley, Bremerton WA
Students work with a real client in the community, use a collaborative design process, and paint the mural.
325 sq ft total.
Graphite. Composite of two photos, using the grid technique.
Graphite. Still life created outside of class, using full value scale. Final assignment.
Vine charcoal, white chalk, toned paper.
Charcoal study from still-life with full value scale, composition and perspective. Final assignment.
Final assignment, mixed media.
Full value scale on toned paper. Student learned to set up still-lives at home with lighting. Final assignment.
Graphite and ink perspective fantasy using five point perspective. Subject: Spaceship console.
Graphite and ink architectural perspective.
Graphite. Fantasy demonstrating one-point perspective, inspired by Escher's work.
In class-work studying skeletal anatomy in preparation for life-drawing.
Five studies of student's own hand an including value-scale for reference.
Begin with a photograph and uses a grid technique. Optical values, Mixed media
Composite image from two or more photos. Full value scale, graphite.
Color & Form in Drawing, at Peninsula College. Color Pencils. Final project.
Working from a live model. Clay. Additive process.
Working from a live model. Clay. Additive process.
Back of a portrait head. Working from a live model. Clay. Additive process.
Create a kinetic sculpture that has at least two types of movement, using only cardboard. Arms and legs pivot, heart beats in and out.
Create a kinetic sculpture that has at least two types of movement, using only cardboard. Windmill turns, causing a saw to move which cuts "logs".
Multiple types of mold-making materials, casting materials, and techniques. The samples were mounted to create an art-book for presentation of assignment.
Grass clippings and flower petals. Project: create an outdoor sculpture with natural materials responding to place. Studio Foundations, UW Tacoma.
Final project. Each "letter" is an envelope with pull-out tabs, which can all be pulled out of the mail-box with flag.
Emphasizing scale as a formal element in the composition.
Emphasizing the Golden Ratio as a formal element in the design composition.
Final project, demonstrating understanding of all of the elements and principles of design. Prompt: "A vision for my Future"
Interdisciplinary class investigates personal cultural heritage and social issues such as racism and internalized oppression, using a range of art media and technique. UW Tacoma
Interdisciplinary class investigates personal cultural heritage and social issues such as racism and internalized oppression, using a range of art media and technique. UW Tacoma
Before the old Art building was demolished, students were able to paint an individual mural on campus as well as participate in the group collaborative mural Public Art Mural class. OC Tara Kirkendal.
Before the old Art building was demolished, students were able to paint an individual mural on campus as well as participate in the group collaborative mural Public Art Mural class. OC. Chris Gouveia
Group image including entire class' final drawing with a live model.
Cultural Identity and Art, Conviction toward Change. 2017
Students create a collaborative video by quilting individual segments together. Students chose the topic of racism and created their segment from the point of view of their own cultural background.
Students used IMovie to stitch the low-fi cell-phone recordings together and added the music.
University of WA Tacoma.