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JoAnneLewisYoung

ArtistStatement

Iseeartthroughalenseofagreatersenseoftheworld,andthroughtheinnerpiecesofmy
world.

IwasbornandraisedinSacramento,CA.IcurrentlygotoCaliforniaStateUniversity,
Sacramento,studyingArtEducation.IjustgraduatedfromAmericanRiverCollegeinDecember
2015,andhavemyAssociatesofArtdegreeinartstudio.
Ihavealwayshadthepassiontocreateart.Mygreatestinfluence,increatingmyart
andbuildingonmycreativity,wasandstillismygrandmother,eventhough,shehaspassed
awayinDecemberof2015.ShestillholdspresenceinmyheartandIwillstillcontinueto
rememberthethingsshehastaughtme.MyhusbandMichaelhasbeensosupportivetowards
myartandeducation.Overtime,therehasbeenafewteachersandfriendsthathaveinspired
metocontinueinmypassionforart.TherearemanyartistIhavestudiedindepthandhas
influencesomeofmyartlikeMaryCassatt,RijnRembrandt,VincentvanGogh,ClaudeMonet,
Michelangelo,M.CEscher,etc.
Asanartist,IworkhardandpreciseoneachpieceIproduce.Therearemanymediathat
Iexperimentwith,yetImainlyfocusoncreatingartinastudioform.Lately,Ihavebeen
experimentingwithmixedmediawhichhasinspiredmetoexpandoutfromrealismto
abstraction.Ihavebeenextremelyexperimentalwithtextureandpatternsthatrepresentan
abstractrealisticapproachinwhicheachofmyformsareorganicandnaturalistic.EachpieceI
havecreatedhasaninnerpieceofme.Currently,manyofmypiecesrepresentmyfeelingsand
emotionsthatIamgoingthroughatthetime,andreflectsonmyownexperiences.Mypieces
showstheroughness,edgeness,brokenness,andspiraledutterchaosthathasaffectedme.My
workrepresentshowIliveandtheformationofchaosfromothers,andthechaosthatis
effectedthroughtheprocessthatisportrayedinanegativeorpositivevibe.IfeellikeIam
battlingthisoutterevilthatisaffectingmeinside,andIamtryingtobuildasenseofpeaceto
myworldandtheworldsurroundingme.Myworkalsorepresentstherebirth,growth,and
empowermentthatisbeginningtooccurinmylife.

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