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The Paw Print
March 2021
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Student Life
Artist: Junior, Grace Maddux “Art is important to me because it lets me escape from the world for a few hours, and create my own through my brush. It helps me push my creativity and gives me a different outlook on life. Because I am so fascinated by art created by others, and I’m constantly working hard to improve my skills, it gives my life purpose, and gives me hope for my future as an artist.”
T I G E R
Artist: Junior, Grace Maddux Visual Arts Scholastic Event State Qualified “I especially knew that I wanted to become a true artist at around age 9 when I discovered a huge book called ‘Masterpieces of Art’ by Lucia Gasparini that included famous paintings and sculptures that dated all the way back to the 5th century B.C. I was fascinated by how the paintings made my eyes move across the painting and imagining the artist’s techniques with their brush.”
Artist: Senior, Melissa Richardson Visual Arts Scholastic Event State Qualified “Art is ingrained in my heart. My true love, my mind’s pure joy, my mental escape, my goals and dreams. It’s so versatile that no matter how much art is out there, there is always room to grow and explore- always room to paint another mural, frame another drawing, build a dress out of anything. Art is everything to me, for no matter who you are or where your from, there is something wonderfully diverse about art.”
Artist: Sohpomore, Katherine Ferno Visual Arts Scholastic Event State Qualified “As a kid I think I just found drawing as some sort of fun past time to draw what I was thinking, and later on, during middle school, I started to take art a little more serious when I realized that I had a bit of a knack for art.”
G A L L E R Y
Artist: Sophomore, Katherine Ferno “I get a lot of my inspiration to grow in my art from artists on the internet after seeing some of the amazing art that’s on there! My grandmother is also a huge inspiration for me because she also used to draw lots of beautiful paintings of people and plants, mostly flowers.”
Design: Evelyn Peterson
