Allison Spechts

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• Allison Spechts
• Honors Art 3 Portfolio
• Presentation

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Table of Contents

• 1.Artist Statement
• 2.Inside my Life self portrait 18x12 mixed
  media
• 3.A Dolphins Life under the Sea monoprint
  11x8.5
• 4.Storytellers project clay Ariel acrylic
  paints 8x 2.5x2
• 5.The Phantom of the Opera sketch oils 11x8.5
• 6.Waterfall Landscape oils 12x16
• 7.Big project oils 14x18
• 8.Small project monoprint 11x8.5
• 9.Photography project worms view photo digital
  camera

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Artist Statement

• I have been working with art ever since I
  learned how to walk. Drawing, coloring, painting
  you name it. Art is the only thing in my life I
  would never consider giving up because it has
  actually given me the confidence to express
  myself visually and emotionally. My subject
  matter depend on my interests or my imaginations
  that go on through my head. My future intentions
  after high school is to study marine biology at
  UNC Wilmington. As creative and ambitious as I
  am, I do plan on becoming a marine biologist but
  a marine biologist who takes photos of the under
  sea life and draws/paints them.
• As an honors 3 student, I feel pretty blessed
  for the artistic gift that God has given me. My
  incredible artwork has inspired my art teacher
  Mrs. Wiggins to place me in an advanced course
  and not only that, she has even enrolled my
  printmaking picture of a dolphin into the Womens
  Club competition in Fuquay. It didnt win any
  awards but I was still glad it was good enough to
  enter. My favorite media and themes I like to use
  in my artwork are quite challenging. If I see a
  photo or a picture that may look like it will
  take a fortnight to complete then guess what, in
  my sketchbook it goes. I love to color my artwork
  with pastels. Pastels are kind of like chalk but
  are colored and are made for paper instead of
  blackboards. Pastels actually bring out more
  color and make the artwork more lifelike I think
  which is why it is my favorite medium to use.
• I would have never thought the artwork I have
  created in the last few years here at MCHS would
  turn out to be so neat and professional. Thanks
  to this miracle, I probably owe it to my art
  teacher Mrs. Wiggins for giving me some of these
  great media and techniques that I have learned. I
  am amazed at my talent as an artist. I do see a
  future of continuing my gift as an artist and I
  will probably end up fulfilling it!

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Self Portrait

• Okay, I have no clue what had given me the idea
  to draw myself as a mermaid whom appears to be
  underwater thinking about her past experiences on
  land as a human. Anyway, It had impressed me on
  how well I could draw myself (I cannot draw
  people very well) and how that mermaid ended up
  looking exactly like me.

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Dolphin monoprint

• This monoprint unbelievably turned out to be one
  of Mrs. Wiggins's favorite pieces of art I have
  created in the last 2 semesters I've had with
  her. This piece took me a fortnight to complete
  but luckily I managed to finish it on time!

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Clay storytellers project

• I remember making this for Ms. Willifords kids
  last year. Although Ariel may not have been a
  storybook character but she is one of Disneys
  well known characters that gave me the idea that
  she would be notorious in Ms. Willifords class.

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The Phantom of the Opera

• This here was actually my latest sketch that I
  had considered to be one of my best yet. It had
  impressed me very much because I'm not the best
  artist when it comes to drawing people and, plus,
  this was the first time I have ever used oils.

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Waterfall (landscape project)

• This is probably the best piece of art I think I
  have ever accomplished this semester. I took my
  time and I got to get a new experience in oils.

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(Big) Final project

• This is definitely a big final project because
  first of all, this is the messiest piece of work
  I have painted and second, it took me till the
  last day of class to finish!

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Monoprint Landscape

• I thought it was going to take me a month to
  complete this monoprint. It included so much
  detail and color that I was very proud of myself
  for completing it in a week.

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NYC worms view pic

• This picture of a building in New York City is my
  favorite because if I try to look at it from the
  front, it just sends me falling off my chair!