I focus on rendering real objects to bring across abstract ideas. Rather than abstracting the form of an object such as a  skeleton, I might creates a scene from straight forward skeletons or animals to create a scene from an alternate reality.

 

I began working in pencils but was limited by constantly erasing, correcting and detail orientation. Under the guidance of high school mentor artist Rocky Hose (seriously) I moved into ink and paint, learning to draw from the arm rather than the wrist.

 

I am a 21 -year-old visual artist. I work in mostly ink and digital painting. I joined in Progress in 2002 and had work in hung in the Art Crawl. In 2004 my piece "A funny thing" was a part of the Ordway Honors high school arts showcase, which selected entries from all metro area high schools. That same year I was selected in Minnesota Center for the Creation of Book Arts' mentorship program By Design. I have completed 40 hours of volunteer work there in order to gain credits that can be

My name is Houa Lor. I'm 15 years old, turning 16 December 27. I lived and was raised here in St. Paul. But i wasn't born here. I was born in Thailand. My parents brought me and my two sisters here to the U.S. in the early 1990s. I have two more sisters that were born here, a total of 4 sisters. I've been surrounded by music all my life. My parents would always sing to us when we were young. The radio would always be on no matter where we were. I started listening deeply to the words of poets. I said wow, i like the flow and the thoughts coming from them. I started writing my own poems. Most of them turned out to be raps. One time, my cousin and I took our friend Kao Choua Vue to work in 2005. She gave me a card from In Progress. She told me about open mic night and I attended my first live music event last December. In the summer of 2006, a close friend of mine told me to call In Progress. I spoke to Sai and she gave me information about a workshop. I attended the workshop but I

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As a photographer, I explore the beauty of the image that isn't familiar to all. The images I

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