"Life is the art of drawing without an Eraser."
Hi, I'm Shawna Redler. I attend Eaglecrest high school, and i'm a junior there currently. Art is a very big part of my life, whether it's the projects I do, or the simple doodle on my math notes. I'm always creating, and doing art in someway or another. For now i'm creating a lot of my art for school, but this summer i'm looking forward to creating some art during my free time. Being an artist really brings out the best in me. I hope you enjoy:)
Artist Statement:
For me art is an escape. It's an escape from the real world around me. From all the stresses and realities. When I do art it's like I'm in my own world. I can create and do what I want, and I'm the only one there to control it. Doing art gives me the opportunity to be in my own world, and not let what others think about my work matter. My mind races when I create art. New ideas always are popping in my head of what to paint or draw, so much so I've started a list of new projects I want to attempt. After I complete a piece, I always get a rush of excitement. It's such an amazing feeling to know that I completed something so fantastic all on my own. I can't help but wonder why I was given a gift so great as being able to make art, but it's something truly amazing that I wouldn't change for anything.
Something that has always really pushed me was the fact that only so much can be shown in writing. There always comes a time when you just get stuck. What else should I write? Who else goes in this story? For me these type of questions always ran through my head. Personally I'm not a strong writer, and in actuality I don't particularly enjoy it. But I've always been able to explain what I needed to through my art. But it's not always as simple as two people meeting each other for the first time, somehow you need to learn how to create a story. To me this almost an adventure, something almost mysterious that I have to overcome. And when you look back after the project is done, it's almost magical.
My concentration this year was based off of the idea of circles. Circle's are not always just a circle. Yes it's a simple shape we all learn at a very young age, but to me it became something even more than that. I heard many people say that circles resemble infinity: a beginning with no end. And after I thought through it, even the simplest of objects have this meaning within them. For example a clock. A clock is on an endless cycle of 12 to 12. A beginning with out end. But this has a deeper meaning as well, it goes into the idea of time and how it never ends, it just keeps going. Another example that I painted myself was an egg. Although an egg is not something that we normally see as a circle, when we look deeper inside, a circle lies within. But this circle has a different type of meaning. This circle has the meaning of life, but it can also symbolize infinity. No matter how many eggs are layed, all of them will contain a start of life, this is an endless cycle of occurring art. To me this is amazing how something so simple can be so beautiful.
This semester in art I learned a lot about me and my art. But the biggest thing I think I learned is how much art flows through me and how much I just want to put all of my ideas on paper.
For me art is an escape. It's an escape from the real world around me. From all the stresses and realities. When I do art it's like I'm in my own world. I can create and do what I want, and I'm the only one there to control it. Doing art gives me the opportunity to be in my own world, and not let what others think about my work matter. My mind races when I create art. New ideas always are popping in my head of what to paint or draw, so much so I've started a list of new projects I want to attempt. After I complete a piece, I always get a rush of excitement. It's such an amazing feeling to know that I completed something so fantastic all on my own. I can't help but wonder why I was given a gift so great as being able to make art, but it's something truly amazing that I wouldn't change for anything.
Something that has always really pushed me was the fact that only so much can be shown in writing. There always comes a time when you just get stuck. What else should I write? Who else goes in this story? For me these type of questions always ran through my head. Personally I'm not a strong writer, and in actuality I don't particularly enjoy it. But I've always been able to explain what I needed to through my art. But it's not always as simple as two people meeting each other for the first time, somehow you need to learn how to create a story. To me this almost an adventure, something almost mysterious that I have to overcome. And when you look back after the project is done, it's almost magical.
My concentration this year was based off of the idea of circles. Circle's are not always just a circle. Yes it's a simple shape we all learn at a very young age, but to me it became something even more than that. I heard many people say that circles resemble infinity: a beginning with no end. And after I thought through it, even the simplest of objects have this meaning within them. For example a clock. A clock is on an endless cycle of 12 to 12. A beginning with out end. But this has a deeper meaning as well, it goes into the idea of time and how it never ends, it just keeps going. Another example that I painted myself was an egg. Although an egg is not something that we normally see as a circle, when we look deeper inside, a circle lies within. But this circle has a different type of meaning. This circle has the meaning of life, but it can also symbolize infinity. No matter how many eggs are layed, all of them will contain a start of life, this is an endless cycle of occurring art. To me this is amazing how something so simple can be so beautiful.
This semester in art I learned a lot about me and my art. But the biggest thing I think I learned is how much art flows through me and how much I just want to put all of my ideas on paper.