XPI Student Showcase
Welcome to Xpress Plugged In, our new online gallery of student expressions. Please follow the submission instructions CAREFULLY. New work will be posted every Monday.
-- Nancy Green, editor of XPI
Selections for the Week of 5/03/2010
Spotlight on Samantha Ness, 12th grade
St. Petersburg Catholic High School
Samantha on Samantha ...
Hi, my name is Sam Ness. I am 18 years old and a senior at St. Petersburg Catholic High School. I am a pretty quiet girl, but once you get to know me, I am probably the biggest dork you will ever meet. I have been drawing ever since I could pick up a marker. My mom told me I would draw everywhere I could: magic markers hit paper, walls and even the carpeting in our house, and I would always get in trouble, even though I blamed my sister. Those drawings always had the three letters: S A M.
Although I always have liked to draw and doodle, I never thought of it as a career. I actually wanted to be a dentist. That all changed once I hit freshman year and took my first drawing class. Art lets me express myself in ways words cannot. Color, nature and random objects inspire my art.
I am so excited to be attending the Ringling College of Art and Design in August. I am a modern day hippie and romantic; art will never leave me.
Artwork by Samantha Ness, 18, 12th grade,
St. Petersburg Catholic High School
Pompous Walrus, pen and ink
Lonely Girl, graphite and chalk pastel
New Year's Girl, graphite and chalk pastel
The Harlequin, acrylic paint
Foliage, chalk pastel
Painted Ponies, acrylic paint
Lady in Red, chalk pastel
Southwest Drape, acrylic paint
The Boot, acrylic paint
Strawberry Sky, acrylic paint