Artist's Statement
Well like I said, I've been drawing since I can remember. My younger brother
and I would draw all over our walls and our beds as children. I am currently
in high school and I often draw all over my papers and notebooks. School is a
good place to experiment with different random ideas because I get bored
easily in class. I can come up with some things in school I'd never come up
with somewhere else. I also have various sketch pads and prefer to use
mainly pencil and ink. My computer is used for a lot of art too. I like
digital art because you can create great beautiful images of any shade of
color in a matter of minutes. I am also very much into a lot of different
music and I love playing drums with my friends and my brother. I believe
that playing music with other people and connecting with another person
without even talking is one of the greatest feelings of all.
I view art as a way to express thousands of views and meaningful things I
feel strongly about with a simple movement of my hand. It can let me escape
from reality by sitting there and laying my mind down onto paper. My will to
create is a powerful force deep within me. I think that my absolute main
artistic goal is to try and make people realize the big picture, to think
about what is going on around them, to imagine, to love themselves, pursue
happiness, respect our roots, and maybe help some understand that in order
to make a difference you have to get involved, get educated, and try to make
each day better than the last.
The picture I drew is two people of no specific race
or color facing one another. The eye in between them represents the two
people sharing perspectives in unity. Maybe racism could stop if some
took the time to really imagine what it is like through someone else's
eyes. I also included a Martin Luther King Jr. quote that seemed very
appropriate:
"Like a cancer unchecked, hate corrodes the personality and eats away
at its vital unity."
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copyrights for the art on this page are owned by the artist. The views
expressed are those of the Artist. This work is entered in the "Black
and White" competition.
