Parker Barfield
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Q: Where are you from?
A: Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina
Q: What is your year/major? Have you studied anywhere besides Clemson?
A: I am a senior Visual Arts major. Before transferring to Clemson and studying art, I studied Marine Science at the University of South Carolina for two years.
Q: How long have you been making art and why do you do it?
A: I have been making art since high school. Making art allows me to contemplate various aspects of myself, and the world around me in complex and nuanced ways. I then can take these contemplations and give them form, as well as share them with other people.
Q: What themes do you pursue as an artist?
A: Two main facets of my art seek to understand how I as an individual relate to the natural world, and how society, or humanity, relates to the natural world. I am interested in different ways of thinking about nature. For example I like to study it scientifically and seek to connect with it spiritually or supernaturally. Perhaps I am looking for connectedness between different entities or forms that exist in the physical world.
Q: What do you like about your work? In general and for the selected piece?
A: In work created at Clemson so far, I have enjoyed the instances where my paintings and drawings have caused emotional or contemplative reactions in the viewer. For the drawings in the CSArt share, I am excited to work with a variety of landscapes and natural forms, both through rendering them observationally and using them as a jumping off point for creating abstract moments within a drawing.
Q: What are you most excited about for this CSA season? What do you hope to gain by joining us as a share artist?
A: This CSArt season, I am most excited about the task of creating a series of twenty-five drawings. I enjoy working in a series, and it provides a great opportunity for experimentation and growth as an artist. Also, these drawings represent a quality that I find in nature and I am interested in sharing this quality with others and hearing their thoughts or reactions.
Q: What are some other art related internships, demonstrations, gallery showings, or publications you have been involved with?
A: I haven’t had many gallery shows or art related experiences yet but during the summer of 2013, I worked for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in Charleston on a research project where I collected archived photographs from the turn of the 20th century featuring people interacting with the Charleston landscape and wildlife, and then created my own collection of photographs of people engaged in similar activities today. I was able to use these photographic collections to better understand changes in people’s interactions with the Charleston landscape and wildlife.
A: Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina
Q: What is your year/major? Have you studied anywhere besides Clemson?
A: I am a senior Visual Arts major. Before transferring to Clemson and studying art, I studied Marine Science at the University of South Carolina for two years.
Q: How long have you been making art and why do you do it?
A: I have been making art since high school. Making art allows me to contemplate various aspects of myself, and the world around me in complex and nuanced ways. I then can take these contemplations and give them form, as well as share them with other people.
Q: What themes do you pursue as an artist?
A: Two main facets of my art seek to understand how I as an individual relate to the natural world, and how society, or humanity, relates to the natural world. I am interested in different ways of thinking about nature. For example I like to study it scientifically and seek to connect with it spiritually or supernaturally. Perhaps I am looking for connectedness between different entities or forms that exist in the physical world.
Q: What do you like about your work? In general and for the selected piece?
A: In work created at Clemson so far, I have enjoyed the instances where my paintings and drawings have caused emotional or contemplative reactions in the viewer. For the drawings in the CSArt share, I am excited to work with a variety of landscapes and natural forms, both through rendering them observationally and using them as a jumping off point for creating abstract moments within a drawing.
Q: What are you most excited about for this CSA season? What do you hope to gain by joining us as a share artist?
A: This CSArt season, I am most excited about the task of creating a series of twenty-five drawings. I enjoy working in a series, and it provides a great opportunity for experimentation and growth as an artist. Also, these drawings represent a quality that I find in nature and I am interested in sharing this quality with others and hearing their thoughts or reactions.
Q: What are some other art related internships, demonstrations, gallery showings, or publications you have been involved with?
A: I haven’t had many gallery shows or art related experiences yet but during the summer of 2013, I worked for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in Charleston on a research project where I collected archived photographs from the turn of the 20th century featuring people interacting with the Charleston landscape and wildlife, and then created my own collection of photographs of people engaged in similar activities today. I was able to use these photographic collections to better understand changes in people’s interactions with the Charleston landscape and wildlife.
