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1	Extra Ordinary Waldrep, Lana 01 January 2010 (has links) The title of this thesis Extra Ordinary is intentionally ambiguous. Depending on how you read it, it can refer to either the very ordinary or to that which is outside of the ordinary.The works described within these pages functions similarly. From person to person and with time they move from the ordinary to beyond and back again. How can something be both mysterious and understood at the same time? How can I as a painter create a space where diametrically opposed forces can coexist and what is the effect of viewing such an object? This thesis addresses these issues with personal anecdote and through description of artwork and the art making process painting banal mundane hum drum polaroid photography sky boring slow slowness ambiguity ordinary texan texas inevitable failure sign slopes flats roofs palettes signless sign empty sign sidewalk Art and Design Arts and Humanities