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Paige Stigen | “Illuminated ‘P'”

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There is a large bold capitol "P" in the center of a white piece of paper. Within the "P" there are patterns similar to patterns found in Islamic and Christian and British Isles texts from the Middle Ages. There are also multiple different flowers or plant life drawn within and about the giant "P". There are many colors (Black, yellow, green, red, blue, pink, orange).

Paige Stigen, "Illuminated 'P'," Winter 2022, Micron pen, pencil, colored pencil on paper, 12 x 9"

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At the time of this creation I was also in an Art History class that covered the Middle Ages and I was inspired by the illuminated manuscripts and those kinds of artworks of the time. P seemed to be the obvious choice on what letter to illuminate as it is the first letter of my name (and my mom's, and my aunt's). I tried to make something "old" seem new. My mother took pictures of plant life on a walk we had and then I used those plant lines to include here.

There is a road down the middle of the page going into a horizon about mid way. There are telephone poles that line the road, it seems to be a road through a desert, the road seems to be going into the sun. The clouds are white pastel, the sky is light blue pastel, the black in the outline of the road and the telephone poles in this are micron pen, everything else is watercolor. There is blue, purple, yellow, orange, red as most prominent.

Paige Stigen | “Perspective One”

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