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Artist Statement
I am Gracie Wheeler. Art is my passion, has been since I can remember. I'm taking art this year because i love working with different medias and seeing others work. It is inspiring. Art plays the biggest role in my life, whether its performing arts or just sketch art, it is what means life for me. My favorite artist musical artist named Lana Del Rey. I prefer realism art and I hope to accomplish showing my emotions in all of my artwork. I get inspired by plugging in ear phones, coming up with a theme and then letting my imagination go wild until I have a hidden message for that theme. So really i use my imagination to create my artwork. My favorite artwork I have created this year is my chiaroscuro artwork. My chiaroscuro is an artwork in which i took a woman and made a light shine across her, creating shadows, but in each shadow lies her innermost fears. A mirror with a hand pressing against it to show the pressure she feels, the blood leaking to reprent the tears shes cried, her shadow itself representing wht she fears sh is, a monster, a faceless being coming out of the closest showing her fear of what will happen if she does, and eyes underneath the bed to show shes afraid shes always being watched or judged. All the while the girl is facing away and all yu can see from her front is her face, with eyes that are eant to stare at the person observing, to show shes asking for help. This is my favorite project because I was able to accurately represent my feelings in a deeper meaning through my pencil. It really helps me cope and I just love it. In this art semester I have learned how to make my mistakes in my art a piece of the art. When i create art i have found that it is almost like my own peronal shrink, and a way to get my emotions out without people telling me its wrong, instead they call it beautiful.