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by Thomas Fillebrown
A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of MASTER OF APPLIED
ART
Montana State University
© Copyright by Thomas Fillebrown (1976)
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"UP FRONT"
by
THOMAS FILLEBROWN
A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment
of the requirements for the degree
of
MASTER OF APPLIED ART
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MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY
Bozeman, Montana
June, 1976
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requirements for an advanced degree at Montana State University,
I agree that the Library shall make it freely available for
inspection..
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of this thesis for scholarly purposes may be granted by my major
professor, or, in his absence, by the Director of Libraries.
It
is understood that any copying or publication of this thesis for
financial gain shall not be allowed without my written permission.
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ARTIST'S STATEMENT
The prints and drawings presented in this thesis exhibition
represent an investigation of a concept based on a minimum set of
biomorpbic and geometric forms. With this finite set of images I
am exploring the variety of-solutions open to me through intuitive
changes in their color, size, quantity, juxtaposition and inter­
action on a flat surface.
The spatial aspects of these images are of primary importance.
The forms relate to each other on the picture plane with an infer­
ence to their existence in three dimensional space. This suggestion
of a multi Ieyef spatial quality has become more predominate as the
concept has evolved through an expansion of vocabulary to include
shadow and illusion. 1
The evolutionary nature of this work allows.for continued
exploration and growth within a limited set of images.
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"A Dilemma"
Drawing
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"Up Front #1"
Screenprint
3.
"The Observers"
Drawing
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5. , "Up Front #2"
Screenprint
6.
"Pass Ing Over"
7.
"Little Boy Blue Looked up from
a Distance"
Drawing
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"Up Front #3"
Screenppint
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"PuI led Back"
Drawing
"If the Moon Were Blue"
Drawing
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Drawing
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"The Ladies"
Drawing
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"Hanging Loose1,1
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"Up Front #4"
Screenprint
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"The Filter"
Drawing
16.
"Turning Point"
Drawing
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"Up Front # 5 "
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