Art Portfolio

JON PATRICK BOULANGER ARTISTIC WORKS PORTFOLIO

“Light, God’s eldest daughter, is a principal beauty in a building.”

THOMAS FULLER

INK AND WATERCOLOR SKETCHES

WOOD CARVINGS

BACCHUS SCULPTURE 1 FALL 2022 CLAY

A contemporary take on the classical representations of Bacchus. While sculptures of antiquity portray Bacchus as graceful and elegant, clothed in flowing garments and grasping a grape bunch, this project experiments with how the deity of wine and drunkenness could be expressed today.

Bacchus takes on the appearance of a beach bum, his frog-like figure draped in a Hawaiian shirt, lazily (yet still elegantly) reclining on a deflated beach ball with bottle in hand.

CARDBOARD TYMPANUM SCULPTURE 1 FALL 2022 CARDBOARD

A cardboard tympanum for a Philosophy professor at Benedictine College. It depicts Plato’s “Allegory of the Cave” across its registers. The architectural entablature is a simplification of the Ionic Order. This project explores how to achieve a full range of value using only one material shadows, voids, different tones of cardboard, textures, and burnt edges all contribute to the composition. A particular challenge was constructing the compound curve of the tympanum, which was overcome by segmenting the pieces into individual geometric blocks.

FALLINGWATER MODEL INTERMEDIATE ART 2019-2020 PLASTER, CHICKEN WIRE, POPSICLE STICKS, PAINT, WATERCOLOR, CHIPBOARD

Sitting on a 3’x3’ base, this scale model of Fallingwater by Frank Lloyd Wright took seven months to complete. Beginning with architectural construction documents, each level was built up and assembled with extreme precision. The indispensable surrounding environment was built by coating chicken wire in plaster strips. The most difficult aspect of this project was the absolute dedication required to complete it - initially estimated to take two months, this project was worked on for nearly three hours a day for seven months.

GRAPHITE AND CHARCOAL DRAWING 1 FALL 2020

CHALKING ANNUAL STREET ART FESTIVAL IN HIGHLAND, ILLINOIS

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