HALEY LE ARTIST

 Miss. Haley Davis

"Ever since I won an art contest in the third grade, I knew"

 [interview]

JK: HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN WORKING ON THIS PAINTING?
HD: THE OVERALL PROCESS HAS TAKEN ALL YEAR, BUT THE BIG FINAL-ABOUT THREE WEEKS.
 

JK: DID YOU ALWAYS KNOW YOU WANTED AN ART REAL RELATED SENIOR PROJECT?
HD: I WAS ORIGINALLY AFRAID TO DO IT BECAUSE I WAS WORRIED ABOUT WHAT PEOPLE WOULD THINK. I DID A SHARE OUT IN MS. LONG'S CLASS AND SOME KID ASKED "DO YOU THINK YOU'RE AN ARTIST OR SOMETHING?"

JK: WHAT WAS THE HARDEST PART ABOUT YOUR PRODUCT?
HD: LEARNING WHILE I WAS PAINTING. I MADE MORE MISTAKES WHICH IS TOUGH BECAUSE I'M DOING SOMETHING EVERYONE WILL JUDGE. AND EVERYONE WILL BE JUDGING SOMETHING I REALLY REALLY LOVE.

JK: WHAT DO YOU LIKE MOST?
HD: THE OCEAN IS MY FAVORITE PART OF MY PAINTING. I WENT TO THE BEACH NUMEROUS TIMES TO WATCH THE SUNSET AND EACH TIME I NOTICED SOMETHING I DIDN'T BEFORE.

JK: O'CONNOR IS KNOWN TO HAVE HIS OWN OPINION, HOW WAS WORKING WITH HIM AND HAVING HIM AS A MENTOR?
HD: HE WAS OVERPOWERING WITH ADVICE BUT IT WAS ALWAYS HELPFUL

JK: HOW DID YOU CHOOSE YOUR COLOR PALLET?

HD: I'M WHAT YOU CALL A COLORIST. I'M GOOD AT CHOOSING COLORS- THE VIBRANCY OF THINGS

JK: WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE THING ABOUT ART?
HD: AN ARTIST HAS THE ABILITY TO EXPRESS EMOTIONS AND EVERY ARTIST INTERPRETS IT IN AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT WAY.

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