{"id":2428,"date":"2016-01-07T20:58:25","date_gmt":"2016-01-08T04:58:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wou.edu\/westernjournal\/?p=2428"},"modified":"2016-01-07T20:58:25","modified_gmt":"2016-01-08T04:58:25","slug":"story-time-shares-beauty-with-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/story-time-shares-beauty-with-students\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Story Time\u2019 Shares Beauty with Students"},"content":{"rendered":"<pre>By: Megan Clark\r\nCampus Life Editor<\/pre>\n<p>Need something colorful to lighten up these gray, Oregon days?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStory Time: Contemporary Urban Narratives\u201d is a stunning new art exhibit that opened in Campbell Hall on Jan. 6. It features work done by Len Davis and Roll Hardy, artists from Los Angeles and Portland, respectively. <\/p>\n<p>While the two artists have somewhat dissimilar styles and techniques, the art they produce is eye-catching and plays with contrasts and emotion.<\/p>\n<p>This juxtaposition of disparate emotions and color is prevalent in these two artists\u2019 work and lends an air of complexity and increases interest. Alicia Neal, a fifth year senior and art major, said, \u201cIf you keep looking, you keep finding stuff.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>One of the most intriguing pieces was a large oil painting titled \u201cMirage\u201d by Roll Hardy. While it was set next to two of his other, equally large, pieces, it stood out due its beautifully serene scene. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cMirage\u201d pictures young people in an indoor swimming pool, the oil paint adding to the effect of water glistening on their skin. \u201cIt looks really liquid and its very lively without being overworked,\u201d observed Elaina Glassock, a junior art major. <\/p>\n<p>While the painting utilizes neutral colors for the scene, brighter colors seem to spill out of the painting, with water breaking the banks of the pool and explosions of green foliage burgeoning forth from the cement. <\/p>\n<p>Another piece by Len Davis titled \u201cThe Biggest Surprise of a Man\u2019s Life\u201d juxtaposes the rigid figure of a man who appears to be falling head first through the frame, with the somber face of an older man. <\/p>\n<p>There is a terrific outpour of emotion through Davis\u2019 depiction of his subject\u2019s facial expressions, which range from sheer joy to utter sadness. <\/p>\n<p>Ashley Davis, a visitor to campus, said that Davis \u201ccaptures individual\u2019s moments, struggles, and experiences.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>This art exhibit will be open from Jan. 6 to Feb. 5. If you\u2019re already looking for a respite from schoolwork, check out Davis\u2019 and Hardy\u2019s art as it will simultaneously soothe and excite your mind and eye. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Need something colorful to lighten up these gray, Oregon days?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":825,"featured_media":2476,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-campus-life"],"modified_by":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2428","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/825"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2428"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2428\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2476"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}