Artist Profiles

Humans of Community

What are you passionate about?

BY SAM CAO

Ivy Prochaska

“I started painting again. I was painting over the summer, just because I had a lot of free time. Over Thanksgiving break I got into it again. I’ve been doing that in my free time. I like the freedom about it. I can do whatever I want and make a mistake and it doesn’t really matter — it’s not a grade.”

Sid Hermann

“Investing is a lot of work. The way it works is a risk, but the reward at the end — like you see the end of the tunnel — it’s nice to be able to have a reward from my work. It’s fun because there’s obviously a risk, so it’s not easy coming on to it. Yeah, there’s some effort involved, but you get some sort of reward at the end.”

Sadie Barber

“Music has always been my thing. When I was little, me and my sister would compete over who liked Taylor Swift better. I would try to write songs all the time; they never came out good, but I always enjoyed doing it. But I guess what makes me love music is just how unique things can be and the infinity of songs there are. Songs can help you understand your emotions and make you feel certain ways. It’s always been super important in my life. I can define different parts of my life by what music I was listening to.”

Ella Roberts

“I like working at the cookie store a lot because it’s like an assembly line. You make the cookies, and you make the frosting. We’ve been making these kits and putting them all together. It’s motivated me to try and do better in school. I’ve just seen how effective I can be and do work, and I think I’ve tried to motivate myself to do my schoolwork and [have] the same efficiency I have at wor-k.”

Photo courtesy of Rosie Mellor

Rosie Mellor

BY ELLA ROSEWARNE

CHS sophomore Rosie Mellor has always been interested in art, but since quarantine started, she has focused on and developed her own style.

“When I get an idea, I’ll initially start with a sketch on paper,” Mellor said. “But for bigger pieces that need to be thought out, I’ll do it digitally on my iPad. Then I transfer that onto watercolor paper and paint it.” Mellor describes her art style as surreal and strange. In the past year, she has found comfort in her art and the process. “It’s really my only escape from stress and the general events from this year,” Mellor said. When creating her art, she likes to add weird twists: a trend in her art is adding eyes or limbs onto objects.

She enjoys sharing her art on instagram for others to see and enjoy. “I post there for myself and I guess the people following me are just kind of along for that ride,” Mellor said.

“I would like to sell my art and do commissions, but I’m in no rush to do so,” Mellor said. “I’m still a kid and I just want to paint for myself. I don’t need the added stress of making art for other people.”

“I do want to be a full-time artist. I don’t see myself doing anything else,” Mellor said. “It’s what makes me the happiest. Even if it wasn’t my full-time job, I think I’ll always be doing art regardless of whatever hypothetical job I’ll have.”

Mellor mostly paints random objects, but she also explores with portraits. “I’m more comfortable drawing random things and putting eyes on them, but I do like the portraits that I’ve done,” Mellor said. “It is more difficult, especially if they’re portraits of real people, to get it to actually look like them. I do like experimenting with that. But I think I’m more comfortable doing things that don’t involve people.”

Mellor likes the creative vent that she gets from being an artist. “Being able to create something that probably no one else has ever done before [is my favorite part],” Mellor said.