The document discusses works by artists Elliott Hundley, William Wegman, and Robert Adams that inspired the creation of artworks by Amber Grooman using everyday materials. Grooman was influenced by Hundley's use of recycled materials to create a melted crayon abstract work. She was also inspired by Wegman's photographs of his dogs to make a photo transfer of her cat onto wood. Further, Grooman sought to show untouched natural beauty in response to Adams' photographs depicting environmental destruction by making a framed piece with seashells glued to wood.

2. In his works of art, Elliott Hundley often
uses scraps of leftover materials from
one project to the next, as well as
everyday items, like cut-up magazines,
string, and plastic. He also attempts to
elicit strong emotion from his audience.
Composition Orange, 2013
Elliott Hundley, Oil paint, paper, ink, chalk on linen; 84
x 168 x 2⅛ inches

3. Drawing from Hundley’s use of recycled scraps and
everyday materials, I created this piece using bits of
crayon scraps. I arranged the crayon scraps on a
piece of paper and melted them using an iron. The
result is an abstraction of the sun, sky, and grass. I
get a sense of darkness from the sky, like a storm is
rolling in, but the sun is still shining. The bits of
purple and yellow help to brighten up the darker
shades of the grass.
Hundley Inspiration, 2015
Amber Grooman, melted crayon, computer
paper, 8 ½ X 11 in.

4. William Wegman initially started out as a painter, and his interest in the
arts eventually led him into photography and video. He has completed
several compilations that feature the many dogs that have come into his
life. He says that his dogs are his inspiration for his photo work in that they
help to give him ideas and direction.
Patriotic Poodle, 1994
William Wegman, Color
Polaroid, 24 x 20 in.

5. Given Wegman’s passion for his pets, I wanted to
incorporate one of my animals into a work, so I
created a photo of one of my cats transferred onto
a piece of wood. I printed a copy of the picture onto
plain computer paper, cut the photo to size,
covered it in a gel medium and placed it on the
wood coaster. I then used a wet rag to peel of the
paper, so I was left with the photo of my cat
transferred onto the wood.
Doolittle, 2015
Amber Grooman, photo copy
picture, gel medium, on birch
coaster, 4 in.

6. The works of Robert Adams often depict
the footprints that humans have left on the
natural world. His focus has been mainly
on the destruction people have caused in
the West. Through his black-and-white
photography, Adams is still able to capture
the beauty through all of the destruction.
His photograph here shows a pretty sparse
forest of trees, giving off an almost
depressed feeling, but there’s still an
inherent beauty in the photograph.
Sitka Spruce, Cape Blanco
State Park, Curry County,
Oregon, (1999-2003)
Robert Adams, Gelatin silver
print, 14 x 11 in.

7. Given the sense of darkness and despair that
Adams evokes from his photographs, I wanted
to create something an opposite. I wanted to
show that there is still some untouched land,
as seen in the photograph of the pristine
beach, only littered by a wooden lifeguard’s
chair. I did this by gluing seashells to a
wooden photo frame. The shells represent
the life of the ocean, though not necessarily
seen, but we know they are there.
Beach Life, 2015
Amber Grooman, shells on wood photo
frame, 5 x 5 in.