The Art of Gray...: 2011

28 May, 2011

Fashion Place Mall Contest, 5/19/11

Fashion Place Mall held their once a year art contest/show. Students from Murray High &Cottonwood High School were allowed to enter 1-2 pieces of original artwork done within the past year. I chose to enter my Mellow Molly pastel & a new piece I created about a week an a half earlier, Hard Work Pays Off.

The art contest/show only lasted three days & on the third day, Thursday evening, my family & I went to go take a look at my art work on display. I was so surprised & excited to see that both of my pieces were acknowledged! Mellow Molly won 2nd place overall &Hard Work Pays Off won an Honorable Mention! How awesome is that?! A great way to end the year of Art shows.

I created this piece of my dog Molly in early December & it made its debut at the MHS Christmas Art show right before break. I then gave it to my mom for Christmas, she absolutely loved it! However she didn't get to enjoy it for very long because in February it was featured at the Capital Exhibition then at the end of February it was sent to the Springville Museum of Art to be displayed. I didn't get it back until mid April, then it was put in the MHS Arts Festival in May & then this Fashion Place Mall contest. It's been all over! I'm so proud of my work!

Hard work pays off! My new creation done in charcoal & prisma color on a textured jesso board. I love it, such an awesome inspiration to create this picture!

Arts Festival, 5/13/11

Murray High School held their 8th annual Arts Festival & my art of course was among those featured in Arts Fest. This is one of my newest pieces, (dancer legs in torn leg warmers &worn ballet shoes) that I completed in two days! The name I gave it speaks for itself...Hard work pays off.

My biggest art accomplishment of the year, Mellow Molly.

This is my other new piece I did for the festival, Tess. Started two days before Arts Fest & completed the night before:) A lot of detail in such little time & I'm proud of it! It turned out neat.

10 April, 2011

PUBLISHED! April '11

Remember when my 'Mellow Molly' pastel art piece was 1 out of 8 art works from Murray High School accepted into the Springville Museum of Arts 39th Annual Utah All-State High School Art show for two months?! Well I am pleased to say that my piece was one of few to be published in their catalog magazine! It is so astounding to see how far one simple pastel drawing of my dog (that was drawn for my mom for Christmas) went all the way from my school Christmas art show, to the Utah state Capital, to the Sringville Museum of Art to this! :)

17 February, 2011

Breaking News!!! 2/14/11

I recieved the amazing news that my Mellow Molly pastel piece was accepted as 1 of 8 art pieces from Murray High to the 39th Annual Utah All-State High School Show in the Springville Museum of Art! February 25th- March 25th.

It started out as the Art department of Murray High chose the best 18 works of art students. They sent these pieces to the Springville Museum of Art to be considered for the show/contest, they only chose 8 that they thought were the best, mine was one of those 8. I was thrilled when I got the news! My art will be featured in the Springville Museum of Art for a month! You can find the complete list of high schools from around Utah and accepted artists at http://sma.nebo.edu/exhibitions/exhibition_details.html?exhibition_id=76&name=39th_Annual_Utah_All-State_High_School_Art_Show

05 February, 2011

Utah State Capital Exhibition, 1/28/11

I had the AMAZING opportunity to go to an exhibition showcase as a "top MHS artist". Six schools from around Utah were invited to the Utah State Capital during a Legislative meeting. Our purpose was to show the Legislators what our school can do, the true talent we have within the students & to persuade them that we deserve the funding for the kind of classes that we presented in skill at the Capital. These included Art, (drawing & photography), Foods, (our Spartan Cove chefs), & Technology, (personal robots & web designing).

We brought along our best "expert students" in these fields who showed off what we were capable of! We set up these big stands showcasing the best arts of MHS. Three of my works were on display, (my Mellow Molly pastel, Grandma Betty Jean black & white portrait, & the Dance is Life* picture.) It was a huge event & we were there from 9:30am-2:00pm.

Myself along with abstract graphic design artist Tyler Jordan were the only two art students that got to go...so it was an honor to be invited & presented at such an event. I was set up in the center of the rotunda with an easle. I was asked to draw on the spot, as a demo, so I decided to draw a person because it takes a lot of skill to be able to do them, & even more to show the ability right there. So I picked this picture (above) of my adorable cousin Jaden's baby picture. So innocent & sweet, so it was perfect to draw! I have never drawn in front of so many people before, there were many strangers peeking over my shoulder to watch me draw & also snapping pictures! Tyler was set up beside me, he draws on his lap, with ink pens & special markers. I found out that we are both commissioned artists as well. My last piece went for $100 & so did his! Neat!

I was so glad that I could show off my talent in front of all of the Legislators along with the other students that came along too. Thanks for such a great day & opportunity!