Artist Statement:
Taking upon this fine art course,
has been everything I have ever imagined. My techniques had been acquired during
my years in middle school, a time when art programs were slowly being shut down
and art instructors became out of a job. In that time frame, I managed handling
watercolors to paint, ink for calligraphy, carving tools for clay, recycled
materials for mixed media, different pigmented graphite for drawing, and many
more. Transitioning into Ronald Reagan, I was able to take upon these beginner
skills and enhance it during the first two years of the art program to practice
for the next two vigorous years that came.
Entering IB Art, most of my pieces root from my childhood, personal experiences, and Hmong culture, but were collaborated with a variety of other cultures, art movements, and artists. My origin, culture, and heritage are foremost the importance of my life, which is why it’s incorporated in my art because there are those who don’t acknowledge their backgrounds or perceive it as embarrassment to even embrace and I just wanted to portray my experiences for others to see that the way one is brought up creates a unique them.
For the first time, I’ve learned to handle acrylic and oil paints on canvas which has been further used on many of my pieces and churning clay to mold sculptures. The art experiences from grade school were integrated in my current pieces such as ink from calligraphy being used to print images and transforming sketches into realistic portraits. My influences came from textbooks available in the library as well as the experiences I gain from gallery visits down in the Third Ward, art museum and university visits where I was exposed to artists such as Paul Calhoun, Mary Cassatt, Marcel Duchamp, and Dave Watkins.
Taking upon this fine art course, has been everything I have ever imagined. My techniques had been acquired during my years in middle school, a time when art programs were slowly being shut down and art instructors became out of a job. In that time frame, I managed handling watercolors to paint, ink for calligraphy, carving tools for clay, recycled materials for mixed media, different pigmented graphite for drawing, and many more. Transitioning into Ronald Reagan, I was able to take upon these beginner skills and enhance it during the first two years of the art program to practice for the next two vigorous years that came.
Entering IB Art, most of my pieces root from my childhood, personal experiences, and Hmong culture, but were collaborated with a variety of other cultures, art movements, and artists. My origin, culture, and heritage are foremost the importance of my life, which is why it’s incorporated in my art because there are those who don’t acknowledge their backgrounds or perceive it as embarrassment to even embrace and I just wanted to portray my experiences for others to see that the way one is brought up creates a unique them.
For the first time, I’ve learned to handle acrylic and oil paints on canvas which has been further used on many of my pieces and churning clay to mold sculptures. The art experiences from grade school were integrated in my current pieces such as ink from calligraphy being used to print images and transforming sketches into realistic portraits. My influences came from textbooks available in the library as well as the experiences I gain from gallery visits down in the Third Ward, art museum and university visits where I was exposed to artists such as Paul Calhoun, Mary Cassatt, Marcel Duchamp, and Dave Watkins.
Taking upon this fine art course, has been everything I have ever imagined. My techniques had been acquired during my years in middle school, a time when art programs were slowly being shut down and art instructors became out of a job. In that time frame, I managed handling watercolors to paint, ink for calligraphy, carving tools for clay, recycled materials for mixed media, different pigmented graphite for drawing, and many more. Transitioning into Ronald Reagan, I was able to take upon these beginner skills and enhance it during the first two years of the art program to practice for the next two vigorous years that came.
Entering IB Art, most of my pieces root from my childhood, personal experiences, and Hmong culture, but were collaborated with a variety of other cultures, art movements, and artists. My origin, culture, and heritage are foremost the importance of my life, which is why it’s incorporated in my art because there are those who don’t acknowledge their backgrounds or perceive it as embarrassment to even embrace and I just wanted to portray my experiences for others to see that the way one is brought up creates a unique them.
For the first time, I’ve learned to handle acrylic and oil paints on canvas which has been further used on many of my pieces and churning clay to mold sculptures. The art experiences from grade school were integrated in my current pieces such as ink from calligraphy being used to print images and transforming sketches into realistic portraits. My influences came from textbooks available in the library as well as the experiences I gain from gallery visits down in the Third Ward, art museum and university visits where I was exposed to artists such as Paul Calhoun, Mary Cassatt, Marcel Duchamp, and Dave Watkins.
Entering IB Art, most of my pieces root from my childhood, personal experiences, and Hmong culture, but were collaborated with a variety of other cultures, art movements, and artists. My origin, culture, and heritage are foremost the importance of my life, which is why it’s incorporated in my art because there are those who don’t acknowledge their backgrounds or perceive it as embarrassment to even embrace and I just wanted to portray my experiences for others to see that the way one is brought up creates a unique them.
For the first time, I’ve learned to handle acrylic and oil paints on canvas which has been further used on many of my pieces and churning clay to mold sculptures. The art experiences from grade school were integrated in my current pieces such as ink from calligraphy being used to print images and transforming sketches into realistic portraits. My influences came from textbooks available in the library as well as the experiences I gain from gallery visits down in the Third Ward, art museum and university visits where I was exposed to artists such as Paul Calhoun, Mary Cassatt, Marcel Duchamp, and Dave Watkins.
Taking upon this fine art course, has been everything I have ever imagined. My techniques had been acquired during my years in middle school, a time when art programs were slowly being shut down and art instructors became out of a job. In that time frame, I managed handling watercolors to paint, ink for calligraphy, carving tools for clay, recycled materials for mixed media, different pigmented graphite for drawing, and many more. Transitioning into Ronald Reagan, I was able to take upon these beginner skills and enhance it during the first two years of the art program to practice for the next two vigorous years that came.
Entering IB Art, most of my pieces root from my childhood, personal experiences, and Hmong culture, but were collaborated with a variety of other cultures, art movements, and artists. My origin, culture, and heritage are foremost the importance of my life, which is why it’s incorporated in my art because there are those who don’t acknowledge their backgrounds or perceive it as embarrassment to even embrace and I just wanted to portray my experiences for others to see that the way one is brought up creates a unique them.
For the first time, I’ve learned to handle acrylic and oil paints on canvas which has been further used on many of my pieces and churning clay to mold sculptures. The art experiences from grade school were integrated in my current pieces such as ink from calligraphy being used to print images and transforming sketches into realistic portraits. My influences came from textbooks available in the library as well as the experiences I gain from gallery visits down in the Third Ward, art museum and university visits where I was exposed to artists such as Paul Calhoun, Mary Cassatt, Marcel Duchamp, and Dave Watkins.
Taking upon this fine art course, has been everything I have ever imagined. My techniques had been acquired during my years in middle school, a time when art programs were slowly being shut down and art instructors became out of a job. In that time frame, I managed handling watercolors to paint, ink for calligraphy, carving tools for clay, recycled materials for mixed media, different pigmented graphite for drawing, and many more. Transitioning into Ronald Reagan, I was able to take upon these beginner skills and enhance it during the first two years of the art program to practice for the next two vigorous years that came.
Entering IB Art, most of my pieces root from my childhood, personal experiences, and Hmong culture, but were collaborated with a variety of other cultures, art movements, and artists. My origin, culture, and heritage are foremost the importance of my life, which is why it’s incorporated in my art because there are those who don’t acknowledge their backgrounds or perceive it as embarrassment to even embrace and I just wanted to portray my experiences for others to see that the way one is brought up creates a unique them.
For the first time, I’ve learned to handle acrylic and oil paints on canvas which has been further used on many of my pieces and churning clay to mold sculptures. The art experiences from grade school were integrated in my current pieces such as ink from calligraphy being used to print images and transforming sketches into realistic portraits. My influences came from textbooks available in the library as well as the experiences I gain from gallery visits down in the Third Ward, art museum and university visits where I was exposed to artists such as Paul Calhoun, Mary Cassatt, Marcel Duchamp, and Dave Watkins.