Artists of the Month: Beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder
Leeana Richardson
Website Advisor News Editor |
January 14, 2016
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When art teacher Judy Pearce was asked who she would choose as her top pick for “Artist of the Month”, she was very hesitant to answer. No matter how much she was questioned, she simply could not choose one student from her AP Art class. This is because she views all of them as the “Artist of the Month”. Each of her AP Art students (all three of them) have grown so much since the beginning of this year, and most importantly, each of them have their own style. To different people their art can be seen as beautiful, and their art can also be seen as distasteful. That is why seniors Karine Moua, Vivianne Xiong, and Madelyn Bagnasco have all been chosen as Artist of the Month. They were not chosen because Pearce doesn’t want to pick favorites, but because it impossible for her to determine the best artist based off of her ideas of whose artwork is the most beautiful.
In AP Art, the artists are required to have 12 pieces of art completed by the end of the school year. They all have to follow a certain theme, or as the students call it “concentration” (concentration meaning they must keep each of their pieces based off of one concept throughout the whole year). Senior Karine Moua’s concentration is “beginnings”. Every piece she creates, it must have to be about something new happening, such as her piece “Baby Feet”. Moua states that the reason this is her favorite piece so far is that “I like to make pieces with meaning.” The watercolor painting was based off a photo taken of a newly born baby. It is depicting the beginning of a new and precious life coming into this world. Pearce has stated that out of the three artists, “Karine has shown the most growth out of the three students.” Moua enjoys creating playful pieces that are chock full of meaning.
Senior Vivianne Xiong strives to look outside the box. The concentration that she has chosen is “lips.” Although it may sound simple, there are not many things that can be with lips. That is why she chose her piece “A Picture Says A Thousand Words” as one of her favorite pieces. Xiong states that, “Not many people would expect there to be eyes in lips. This is also one of my most completed pieces.” Xiong enjoys using art as her stress reliever when school can become too much.
Through her concentration of “pollution”, senior Madelyn Bagnasco is not slow to create thought provoking artwork. Throughout the year, she is striving to use a different form of art for each piece she creates. She pushes herself to work hard to create something so unique and special to her. Although she admits she doesn’t like all of her work, she is very proud of a few. One of her favorites is a piece she calls “Hidden Image.” It is showing that beautiful things, such as butterflies, can hide the most horrid events, such as oil spills in the ocean. Pearce admitted that “The other two AP students would choose Madelyn as the best artist out of the three of them.”, Bagnasco was shocked when she heard this, “What? I think that their artwork is much better than mine.” She may not be able to see it, but there is beauty in her work along with the other students.
“Everyone has their own definition of beauty. There can’t be one specific definition because everyone sees things differently,” states Xiong. The statement, “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder” has never been proven to be so true. Every artist has something they want achieve through their work; whether it be thought provoking, meaningful, or simply something fun to look at. Artwork is meant to be appreciated in it’s own way. So, it is clear why Mrs. Pearce couldn’t pick just one.
In AP Art, the artists are required to have 12 pieces of art completed by the end of the school year. They all have to follow a certain theme, or as the students call it “concentration” (concentration meaning they must keep each of their pieces based off of one concept throughout the whole year). Senior Karine Moua’s concentration is “beginnings”. Every piece she creates, it must have to be about something new happening, such as her piece “Baby Feet”. Moua states that the reason this is her favorite piece so far is that “I like to make pieces with meaning.” The watercolor painting was based off a photo taken of a newly born baby. It is depicting the beginning of a new and precious life coming into this world. Pearce has stated that out of the three artists, “Karine has shown the most growth out of the three students.” Moua enjoys creating playful pieces that are chock full of meaning.
Senior Vivianne Xiong strives to look outside the box. The concentration that she has chosen is “lips.” Although it may sound simple, there are not many things that can be with lips. That is why she chose her piece “A Picture Says A Thousand Words” as one of her favorite pieces. Xiong states that, “Not many people would expect there to be eyes in lips. This is also one of my most completed pieces.” Xiong enjoys using art as her stress reliever when school can become too much.
Through her concentration of “pollution”, senior Madelyn Bagnasco is not slow to create thought provoking artwork. Throughout the year, she is striving to use a different form of art for each piece she creates. She pushes herself to work hard to create something so unique and special to her. Although she admits she doesn’t like all of her work, she is very proud of a few. One of her favorites is a piece she calls “Hidden Image.” It is showing that beautiful things, such as butterflies, can hide the most horrid events, such as oil spills in the ocean. Pearce admitted that “The other two AP students would choose Madelyn as the best artist out of the three of them.”, Bagnasco was shocked when she heard this, “What? I think that their artwork is much better than mine.” She may not be able to see it, but there is beauty in her work along with the other students.
“Everyone has their own definition of beauty. There can’t be one specific definition because everyone sees things differently,” states Xiong. The statement, “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder” has never been proven to be so true. Every artist has something they want achieve through their work; whether it be thought provoking, meaningful, or simply something fun to look at. Artwork is meant to be appreciated in it’s own way. So, it is clear why Mrs. Pearce couldn’t pick just one.