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Shane Stock<br />
Grade: 11<br />
School: Fiorello H. LaGuardia High<br />
School of Music & <strong>Art</strong> and<br />
Performing <strong>Art</strong>s, Manhattan<br />
<strong>Art</strong> Teacher: David Driggers<br />
Oil on canvas<br />
STUDENT Still being an amateur with<br />
oil paint and having only used smaller<br />
canvases, I took a plunge into a fivefoot<br />
canvas because of my unique<br />
subject. I first made sure everything<br />
was exactly how and where I wanted<br />
it and then honed in on the details.<br />
Being an artist has provided me with<br />
an outlet for expressing ideas. My art<br />
teacher opens my mind to various<br />
art forms, techniques, and methods<br />
and gives me the confidence to explore<br />
them. Teaching me to critique my<br />
work, as well as that of others, has<br />
furthered my artistic education.<br />
TEACHER: The advanced painting class<br />
is where our students demonstrate<br />
the skills they have obtained in<br />
the preceding foundation classes.<br />
Students are given a great deal of<br />
freedom to explore subjects and styles<br />
of their own choosing with the goal<br />
of developing a body of work that will<br />
represent their unique artistic voice.<br />
In Shane’s painting you see his brave<br />
approach to art making. He arrives<br />
at the canvas with well-thought-out<br />
concepts and then proceeds to give<br />
them visual form using his highly<br />
developed painting skills. As Shane<br />
creates his composition with forms<br />
and color he develops imagery filled<br />
with mood and mystery. It is exciting<br />
for me, as a teacher, to work with<br />
a young artist with the kind of<br />
potential that Shane demonstrates.<br />
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