VISIT TO ARTIST STUDIO

I visited Carrie Vielle’s studio in Colfax. Carrie Vielle is a local artist in Palause area and she also teaches art history class. And this time we went to her residential area and observed her working environment. Her studio is located at Colfax, a small town nearby Pullman. The site is on the hillside, and this place has a good view to see the landscape of Colfax. This place does not connect to the main boulevard and isolate from the strip commercial area. It will be difficult to find it if you are not familiar with Colfax. . She enjoys working surrounded in natural landscape and use nature resource to refine herself and her works. In addition, the innovative spirit and endless energy support to pursue new unforgettable ideas and beauty of art. I think that Carrie wants to run away from big cities because of congestion environment. The human beings are just like to be isolated from concrete jungle. Carrie wants to build an environment which is between realism and idealism. 

Carrie studio is also separated from her residential area, and it is an independent space which has no connection with other buildings. I think that Carrie wants her studio to be enclosed by natural environment. And she also wants to maintain a distance from civilized world. In her little world, she will not be disrupted by daily chore. And then she can concentrate on her painting. She also makes an effort to make her working environment become more efficient. The storage space is arranged appropriately. I think that she also tried to display Jefferson’s philosophy that desires to make the life more efficient and finds the ways to refine our life. I think that it is a good experience for me to understand the artist’s studio, and it is also very interesting to combines some ideas from class with my observation.