FACULTY SHOW 2009: Recent Work by SRJC Faculty

Kristine Branscomb, Women
encaustic, 6" x 7" 2009

Artist Statement

“The word truth, as applied to art, signifies the faithful statement, either to the mind or senses, of any fact of nature”  - John Ruskin

My work reflects my life experience growing up in the nineteen-fifties when mass media opened up the two-dimensional world to the public. Through television, family photography, school photographs and commercial photography the two-dimensional ideal person was created: a person without blemishes or emotions. My art is about transforming the two-dimensional person into a three-dimensional individual who resonates in my sense of truth.

Teaching Philosophy

My philosophy of teaching can be best described as the pursuit of three interconnected objectives: to inspire, to instill, and to individualize.  That is, to inspire a genuine enthusiasm for art, to instill a firm grounding of technical and formal skills, and to individualize my instruction to meet the needs of students at all levels of experience.

• Steven Allen
  Alan Azhderian
  Lisa Beerntsen
  Joel Bennett
  Kristine Branscomb
  John Bressie
  Renata Breth
  Sondra Cohen
  Will Collier
  Marsha Connell
  Claire B. Cotts
  Ben Cressy
  Donald Feasel
  Kevin Fletcher
  Hiroshi Fuchigami
  Connie Goldman
  Linda Grebmeier
  Rod Guyer
  Stephen Hopkins

• Jean Horton
  Deborah Kirklin
  Machiko Kondo
  Suzanne Lacke
  Donna Larsen
  Michael Loffredo
  Joseph McDonald
  Michael McGinnis
  Masako Miki
  Thomas Morphis
  Natalie Robb-Wilder
  Stephanie Sanchez
  John Sappington
  Sylvia Seventy
  William Smith
  Gina Telcocci
  Linda Weiss
  Kathleen Younquist