Introduction
Beverly Buchanan, an African American artist, has an experience as an artist for three decades now. She was popular because of her skills in the southern vernacular architecture and her expertise skills in painting. The pieces that she came with supported her claim that she concentrated with real life on people and places. The artist gave the structures and the landscapes around her the needed attention and she came out in a unique way to discover beauty in impoverished areas. Her work included: miniature churches, dwellings and shark sculptures. She categorized her work as colorful and the starkly devoid.
The four roles of Beverly Buchanan as an artist include: the role as an experiencer, a reporter, an analyst and an activist. As an experiencer, the artist had a habit of entering other people’s territory and she presented her observations about the people and the places on a report that was based on unique interiority. Her experience in architecture was because of her interaction with different interfaces and this made her more familiar with the usability and the knowledge on transactions.
Buchanan as reporter was responsible for gathering information and ensured that it was available to the entire users. She looked at the work of art as a process of realizing how to cope with absences and inadequate resources used in the architecture. As a reporter, she was expected to acknowledge other individual and communicate with them.
Buchanan as an analyst had to find ways on how to negotiate with the architectural structures that were aimed at supporting her artistic process. She ensured that her ability in arts was not criticized and she undertook the decision making with creativity and imagination to satisfy her customer’s needs.
Beverly Buchanan as an activist believed that the involvement of her audience was a powerful measure. She created awareness to sensitize the members of the community using her own sculptures and other artistic works. She concentrated on coming up with prints, pictures, paints and posters that impacted her audience with awareness on issues of environment, humanitarian and social issues.
The 3 Basic principles that define all works of art (according to A World of Art)
The basic principles that define all works of art are designed in a way that they show how elements that are associated with art are composed in the work of art. When the principles are compared with the elements, they appear more fluid and conclusive. The three basic principles of art that defines the works of art include: movement, balance and harmony.
The principle of movement indicates the actions or the trail that the viewer’s eye will follow in the work of art. Movement expects a work of art to flow since the artist has the power to direct the eye of the viewer. The artist creates an attractive attention for the viewer to see the path that guides him to the focus.
The principle of balance ensures that it arranges the elements so that no part can be left heavier than the other. The principle of balance is divided into three parts: symmetrical, asymmetrical and radial. In a sensible thought, the symmetrical part is more stable than the rest. The principle of harmony uses elements which looks the same in the body of art. This creates harmony and avoids complications in the sculpture or the artwork.
