Art Portfolio 2018

Jane Irish Much of Jane Irish's research comes from talking to Veterans.  She is especially interested in veterans that identify as a Vietnam Veterans Against the War.  She spent two summers painting in Vietnam.

Three people that I admire are, my boyfriend, Jesse Lee Ash, and two of his friends.  His two friends names are Connor and Damien.  I admire these three people as they each have at least one quality that I either want to share or do share with them. Jesse:  My boyfriend Jesse and I share a fair amount of qualities.  We're both kind, caring, loving, and funny.  Jesse is handsome, funny, kind, caring, shy, dedicated, protective, innocent, honest, loving, and giggly.  We both love metal, skateboarding, and gaming.  We both have friends that we share experiences with.  I admire his ability to play the guitar and skateboard.  I admire everything about Jesse.  I mainly admire his kindness towards everyone.  I wish that I could be as kind as Jesse.  I am a kind person and the level of kindness that Jesse has seems almost inhuman.  Jesse differs from Damien as he does care about what people say, as much as he doesn't want to admit it.  Then Jesse and Connor differ as Jesse isn't

Why Do I Love My Musician I honestly listen to basically everything!  I mainly listen to Metal/Rock, EDM, Pop, and Rap.  I chose a rap artist named NF.  I have started branching out to more of his songs.  My utmost favorite as of right now is “Therapy Session”.  This song has been helping me get through a ton lately.  I love the artist I chose because his raps aren’t like anything else you ever hear.  He writes about his life, things that he is actually going through.  I find truth in his music, and I find myself saying to myself things like, “Yeh, I can relate to that.  I have been through that.  I have been through something similar."  I think one of my favorite things about NF is the tone of his songs.  The meaning behind his songs are definitely more moody and dark.  He has depression, and that is definitely very clear in his music.  I like his music because it kind of lets you see a side of the artist that you probably would never see.

What inspires me? There are many things that inspire me.  For example: Nature/the outdoors, music, designs made of scribbles, colors, and most importantly, other people.  I find nature and the outdoors inspiring because there is so much of it.  You take in so much information when you're just sitting outside in the grass, on the pavement (sidewalk), on the beach, in the woods, anywhere really.  If I really wanted to I could do an entire drawing project focusing on only trees.  I would get busy with trying to focus on the details of the leaves, the bark, the trunk, the colors.  Music also inspires me.  I love singing, and I find it very easy to create visual art from just the meaning of the lyrics in a song.  For instance if a song is talking about the struggles of the artist, I would try to simulate one of the topics and draw it out.  The best way to show you this is with the song "Therapy Session" by NF because he is talking about him being depressed.  Then I would dra