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 1/31/2011
Spotlight on Rae Laven, 12th grade
Howard W. Blake High School, Tampa
Rae on Rae ...
Since I was very young, I have been drawing. I moved from crayons to pencils to pen to paint, as all artists will. Currently the main focuses in my artwork are myself, the human figure, and other various portraits and studies. I try to convey my concepts and ideas very clearly and carefully. I wish to explore my nature and the nature of others in my artwork. After high school, I plan to attend college and earn a degree in Fine Arts.
Artwork by Rae Laven, 12th grade,
Howard W. Blake High School, Tampa
Self-portrait One, oil
Self-portrait Two, oil
Self-portrait Three, oil
Self-portrait Four, ink
Self-portrait Five, ink
Kristina, charcoal
Guitar, graphite
Brother and Sister, pen
Ivan Tsarevich, watercolor and pen