biographical statement {blog entry 1}

After walking and talking, I believe the first concept my parent taught me to do was to draw; later came painting and gluing miscellany together. There has always been for me this profound yearning to create, as if I need it. Manipulating raw materials and fashioning them into beautiful works is not only thrilling, but it is captivating. I have always felt that art is something I can do, and do well. I have explored as many areas of art as I could think possible. I have been highly involved in musical theatre as well as choirs and ensembles. Art is oh so rich and consuming and every part of who I am calls me to more of it.Many of the ideas I conceptualize first come from what I see visually around myself. My environment plays a deep role in my personality, and it is often something I try to emulate in artwork. The earth, creation; trees, birds, flowers, people, all the moves and breaths enrapture me. to be able to capture a person (in any medium) sharing with the viewer who this person is by merely portraying them visually is absolutely fascinating; exploring how to successfully do this is something I would like to learn. The other source for my ideas or rather influence is my trust in and relationship with God. I am a Christian and I see that all things in nature shout His name, they scream his existence and beauty; and as part of His creation, I want to do the same. I feel as fortunate as to have artist gifts, and to attempt to imitate the creator Himself. Much of my responses in art come from personal examinations of my relationship with God or from Biblical text.I learn the most when I am showed examples of other peoples work, seeing something visually resonates with me far better than directions.