April Brown Explorations in Art

  Singapore I love assignments when there are so many good things to pick from. The beauty of Singapore doesn’t disappoint. Singapore is on my bucket list of places to go see. I think after seeing some of what they have to offer, it will be on yours also.   Singapore is a tropical island in Southeast Asia, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula. Singapore is a city, a nation and a state.  The temperature in Singapore ranges between 73 to 90 degrees which makes it great for plant life. However, water stress is projected by 2040.  Healthcare is 6th in the world, 30,000 Americans live in Singapore, free trade between the US and Singapore have created 215,000 American jobs, 20 billion in trade and 4,200 American businesses are in Singapore. Up until 2021 Singapore was still considered a developing nation but has since joined us in being considered a 1st world country. I think what makes Singapore different from Europe or America is that they were developing in the twentieth c

  Mid Modern- The Vietnam War      I picked all artists that were part of the Vietnam Combat Artists Program with the Army during Vietnam.  Soldiers/artists that were part of this program were given orders to use their orders to join troop units and create works of art that they saw. These artists were also given time at a base in Hawaii to finish their work or start creating their work.  All of these pieces are directly related to my theme of the Vietnam war.  They all depict military and civilian life in Vietnam during the war. I would put these paintings in a war museum, college and even copies of them in military members' homes and work offices. I feel grief when I see these pieces.  To us, it is just an American war.  To the people that lived it, it was fear, pain, anger and grief that many never got over.  I hope we learned something from it.  Title: Last Stand Artist: Phillip W. Jones Year painted: 1967-1968 Oil on canvas  P