Prerequisite: ART111. This course provides an exploration of painting within a contemporary context. Students will produce paintings that specifically address the idea that the act of representing can in and of itself produce content. Studio projects will be based on developing the artist's visual language through sustained work with preferred painting media. Students will engage in the artistic process, including conception, creation, and on-going critical analysis with the ultimate goal of producing a consistent body of work on a specifically defined theme. Members of the class will be making art for exhibitions and portfolios. Can be repeated up to three times for credit. Aesthetic Sensibility Capability course.