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Senior Patricia Bowen shows her true personality while working on her newest work in AP Studio Art. She is interested in all forms of art ranging from pencil to photography.
Ari Anchustegui, Staff Writer
December 20, 2011
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“Everything is a self portrait.” Such wise words spoken by author Chuck Palahniuk, influence Patricia “Patty” Bowen’s art a great deal.
Bowen said her take on Palahniuk’s words are that It’s sort of like everything anyone does or says, or draws for instance, can reflect yourself. And reflect on to other people as to who you are, and what kind of person you want to be. “It’s almost like when a snail leaves behind a trail. You’re leaving behind everything you do and imprinting yourself.”
Although presently a senior, Bowen said she has been inventive since childhood and has been drawing ever since she can remember, “even before I was like ‘I wanna be an artist!’” she laughed. “I guess I’ve just always been artistic. My sister was into that too, so we would draw together when we were young.”
Art isn’t the only thing she donates her time towards. She is also proficient in photography, knitting, animation, costume design, beading, guitar, and is a published poet. “I guess I’m sort of a jack of all trades.”
Bowen first drew her inspiration from the blue animated hedge hog known as Sonic, but has shifted her revelations toward Chuck Palahniuk, and Kurt Vonnegut books. She mostly draws while listening to music, “I love The XX and Modest Mouse,” she explained, “but I’m usually daydreaming. Most of my art comes from thoughts like, ‘Oh if only I could fly…’”
Senior Crysania Skinner portrays her friend Bowen as abstract. “Everything about her is really different. It’s very interesting seeing her art because it mirrors everything going on in her head.”
Art Teacher Jennifer Compton, said she believes Bowen’s challenge will be finding what she’s most passionate about.
“Whatever it is, it’s bound to be awesome,” explained Compton. “If it is art, great, but it’s whichever area she decides to sink her teeth into whether that be art or not.”
Bowen said she hopes to aspire to her artistic goals in college, but is taking next year to work as an artist assistant in Seattle.
“I’m really excited for that,” she exclaimed. “It’s for a family friend, and she’s getting pretty big right now. She’s kind of crazy, kind of an alcoholic,” chuckled Bowen, “but I think it’ll be okay.”
She is enrolled in AP Studio Art, and has taken two painting courses in high school. She explained that her favorite types of media are Acrylic and Watercolor.
Bowen’s most preferred piece of work work is a recently completed self-portrait in where[1] she scanned her face. “It was the exact scene from a dream I’d been having of my neighborhood being bombed and someone screaming in my face afterwards,” explained Bowen. “That’s probably one of my favorite pieces.”
Compton said Bowen’s style is very delicate, as well as animated. “I think that what separates Patty from others is that she’s got a lot of thinking, and intellect going into her art. It’s very interesting to talk to her about her work and see what’s going on inside of her head.”
Bowen said, “I paint and draw because I get really bored, bored with the world in general. So when I’m painting I’m painting my hopes and dreams for the world, putting out what I wish the world were like, and hoping that people might somehow understand it.”
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