The works you see in front of you encompasses my efforts from the summer of 2015 to the end of this school year (2016). I use a variety of media like acrylic, paper cut outs, and Photoshop, but mostly watercolor coupled with microns.
With art I can express my unquenchable frustration with preventable disasters, I can test my skills with interpreting sentences into pieces, and I can tell stories from my life that are meaningful—or just silly. Like that time I accidentally ate that piece of cake my sister was saving, or when my dog started talking to me about how she truly felt about my family—I’m just kidding, that didn’t happen. The point is, art is what happens when I run along living my life waving around a sketchbook and pen.
My concentration is storytelling. It is a series of images, sometimes accompanied by words, to illustrate an idea or experience. The aim of this concentration is to either express my, or another’s, perspective with art (specifically with films, books, comics, and standalone pieces of art). Some of them can only be viewed online, namely: Fifth of July and Don’t Tell Me You Ate It! Please do check out my senior year art blog to enjoy the full thing, sound effects and all (nchennnsr12.tumblr.com).
The breadth is a mess I must confess. The large majority of it is watercolors of my home town and the rest is, well, everything else. From oil paint to stop motion, it’s all in there. I do recommend going on my art blog and looking at the list, it may help clear any confusion.
An artist is never without influences. For this year some people who I admire are: Bryan Lee O’Malley, Violaine Briat, Becca T., Citlalli Anderson, Jake Wyatt, Erin Shin, Kellsey Tamaru, Jenna Mourey, Julien Solomita, Manddy Wyckens, and my sister, Emilee. Of them all O’Malley and Briat are my two lodestars. O’Malley’s fantastic novels, the Scott Pilgrim series, Seconds, and especially Lost at Sea are some of my favorite comic books. He inspires me to keep fighting. If he can do it I can too! Briat’s work speaks to me. Her sporadic Instagram posts about her thoughts and conversations spark an intensified need to express myself.
Like always, if you have any comments or questions feel free to find me through social media or in the halls of our lovely school! If you would like a piece of art, please contact me through my email ([email protected]), I will be delighted to help you out.
