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Painting/drawing students can enjoy classes conducted in spacious studios complete with high ceilings and large windows that provide plenty of natural light.

A variety of media and approaches are taught to help students achieve the control and understanding necessary to produce quality work. Individual and group critiques are used as teaching aids to help students improve their grasp of concepts and techniques.

Courses offered:
ART313 Painting
  [Course Description]
ART413 Painting
  [Course Description]
ART480 Painting
  [Course Description]
ART481 Painting
  [Course Description]
ART481 Painting
  [Course Description]
ART481 Painting
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Margaret Davis [VIEW INFORMATION]  [VIEW GALLERY]   [VIEW BOTH]
Office: 406D Sherzer
Phone: (734) 487-1268 x 243

Office Hours:

MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT SUN
 - 12:30 - 2:00 & 5:00-5:30
- 5:30 - 6:30
(by appointment only)
 - 12:30 - 2:00 & 5:00 - 5:30
- 5:30 - 6:30
(by appointment only)
- 12:30 - 1:30
- 1:30 - 4:30
(by appointment only)
  

Teaching Schedule:

MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT SUN
 ART 379 Figure Painting
2:00 - 4:50
Sherzer 301
ART 210 Life Drawing
9:30 - 12:20
Sherzer 201
 ART 210 Life Drawing
9:30 - 12:20
Sherzer 201
ART 379 Figure Painting
2:00 - 4:50
Sherzer 301
ART 101 Intro. to Art
10:00 - 12:30
Sherzer 101
  

Bio:

Recent publications, exhibitions and/or presentations:

  • 2008, Paintings and Sculptures, Margaret Davis & Louis Marinaro, Daughtrey Gallery, Sage Center for the Arts, Hillsdale College, Hillsdale, MI
  • 2008, Artists Represented by River Gallery, Selected Works, River Gallery
  • 2008, Faculty Exhibition, University Gallery, Eastern Michigan
  • 2007, “Margaret Davis & Louis Marinaro, Painting and Sculpture,”  Two-Person Exhibition, River Gallery, Chelsea, MI

Artist Statement:

A key characteristic of my of my work is the straightforward figure/ground relationship.  The background, originally influenced by Etruscan and Proto-Renaissance wall paintings, now acts much like a chalkboard.  A variety of systems and signs are developed in the background to support the subject and figures.  Typically, the text draws from the sciences and coexists with the more mythical images.  I am intrigued by how these various visual codes intertwine and overlap, and their geometric connection to the rectangle.  Content is the driving force for why I make images.  Ideas behind the work are inspired by many sources. 

Faculty Work:
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Student Work:
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Click on any of the links to the right of a faculty member's name to get more information about that faculty member.

Barry Avedon [VIEW INFORMATION]  [VIEW GALLERY]   [VIEW BOTH]
Office: 406B Sherzer
Phone: (734) 487-1268 x245

Margaret Davis [VIEW INFORMATION]  [VIEW GALLERY]   [VIEW BOTH]
Office: 406D Sherzer
Phone: (734) 487-1268 x 243

David Tammany [VIEW INFORMATION]  [VIEW GALLERY]   [VIEW BOTH]
Office: 406C Sherzer
Phone: (734) 487-1268 x244

Richard Washington [VIEW INFORMATION]  [VIEW GALLERY]   [VIEW BOTH]
Office: 406D Sherzer
Phone: (734) 487-1268 x243



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This page was last updated on July 17, 2006