Friday, May 25, 2018

A High School Senior's Portfolio

One of Medway High School's Class of 2018, Liz Goemaere, is a very talented art student who will continue into a creative field.

A high school art portfolio is something worked on throughout the students 4 years and is required as part of the admission process to art/design schools, to identify skills, ability and potential of the applicant.

Liz has always been interested in arts and crafts growing up.

In high school, Liz said, "I took just about every art class they offered, from graphic design to ceramics to advanced fine arts."

Liz likes to explore different areas of the art field but her favorite mediums to work in are watercolor, acrylic paint, or value pencils. 

Self Portrait
Magazine Collage


Stretching Ballerina
Colored Pencil on Paper



Ceramics, Clay


Value Pencils on Paper

Liz enjoys most still-life studies in her art classes.


Watercolor and Watercolor Pencils on Paper


Self Portrait
Newspaper and Magazine Collage


Oranges
Acrylic Paint on Unstretched Canvas


Morning Crosswords
Value Pencils on Colored Paper (and glued Crossword Puzzle)

Acrylic Paint and Leaves/Sticks Sewn Onto Unstretched Canvas

Walt Disney World’s Splash Mountain
Acrylic Paint on Canvas Board


Liz's art teachers over the past 4 years, Ms. Champagne and Mrs. Brodeur, and most recently, Mrs. Jackson for Art History, have helped her develop a successful portfolio.
Liz will be studying Interior Design at Suffolk University this fall. She has always had an eye for interior design and loves the idea of building a feeling within a room and making it more personal. Being creative and also enjoying math, she will do well as an Interior Designer.

We wish her the best!


Thank you Liz for letting me share your portfolio!


Monday, May 21, 2018

Artist, Catherine Byrne

I've known Catherine for quiet a few years and I am happy to share her beautiful work I am just seeing for the first time.

Catherine is an amazingly talented clothing designer, specializing in children's clothing, where she started the company Growing Muses. I once shared in this blog her adorable colored fleece scarves made of all sorts of critters. With her background in Fashion Design, earning a degree from Parson's School of Design in NYC, she has a broad spectrum of experience in the fashion industry.

But she recently has gone back to her roots as an artist, drawing and painting. Maybe it was always there, but she has shared it with all of us on her new site. catherinepbyrne.com

Charcoal pencil portraits. Even though her style is quick strokes of the pencil, she is able to capture the character and emotion of the subject.







Some examples of her paintings, architecture and landscape of small town New England.
I love the soft warm glow these paintings have possibly near sunset.












If you are interested in a custom portrait or maybe a painting of your childhood home, contact Catherine at Catherine@CatherinePByrne.com