November 4th 2024

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Mary and I hope that this showcase will get the community excited for future showcases to come (possibly very soon!) Please enjoy what we have for you--and feel free to email either of us with any questions!
Mary: mary.schellenberg@siu.edu or Sarah: sarah.ramsey@siu.edu

We will start with Tyler Elam’s submission, which quite frankly, took our breaths away. Everyone at the UHP offices was seriously considering making a wall of Honors student’s artwork after seeing Tyler’s work. Take a look for yourselves:

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Concerto: Acrylic paint, colored pencils, white gel pen

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Fish Lady: Acrylic paint and Gouache paint

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Fish and Cat: Oil pastels and colored pencils

 

 

 

 

Mary noted when she looked over Tyler’s submission that “His use of colors is really fascinating. ... The contrast in colors provides a very "colorful" seeming image. Although true, the colors he uses are not neon or bright; they're more muted, which makes them super satisfying to look at.” I wholeheartedly agree. The colors do not clash with one another nor take away from the imaginative subject matter in each piece.

We are curious about why there is a repetition of fish images throughout the pieces. Maybe there’s lore behind that, maybe not. But it sure looks neat!

Between the beautiful jewel tones in Tyler’s pieces and the autumn colors in Sarah's pictures (see below), we are already nostalgic for October. Mary thinks these photos are a good wrap-up to Halloween as we head into the holiday season of November, December, and January. Is finals week considered part of the holiday season?

Mary Schellenberg wrote this next piece. Here’s the context:

As an English major, I read a lot of literature, and the Bible is one of the greatest pieces of literature because of its length and, especially, its cultural and religious impact - particularly its impact on literature. Many stories I've read include Biblical allusions, so it is a very important piece of literature to familiarize oneself with, especially in my field/major. This piece of creative writing came out of an assignment prompt that was to parody some of Thomas Hardy's poetry.  Read more

Finally, these are some of my own (Sarah’s!) recent creative works.

The photos below were part of a series of Halloween pictures that my friend (in the picture) wanted because she is currently obsessed with the TV show Agatha All Along. I don’t know what that show is, other than it’s a Marvel property, but she told me that it’s about witches and mainly takes place in the woods so--to the woods we went!  More here