Vija Clemins

The interesting thing about Vija Clemins artwork is that she uses many different types of media, such as, pencil, charcoal, oil paints, printing and sculpting. Most of her early work consisted of pictures of lamps, heaters, and TV's. She was said to pick her objects at random. However, she is best known for her later drawings of powerfully realistic images such as, the ocean and night sky.

For this image she used graphite as her medium.
What I most appreciate about her work is that these images are so plain but they really let the viewer get lost in the painting. Everyone can interpret their own feelings or meaning when they look at art like this. 

Kelly Salamack