Arley Sakai
Nordhoff High School
Drawing has been my creative outlet since I was able to speak. Recently, I have found that the best artwork I make shows me something new about myself. There is a sort of intimacy and connection I have with my art that has helped mature me over the years. To be supported in this practice not only encourages me to keep drawing but to see a possible future in it as well. This is my second OSA scholarship, and I am very grateful for the aid they have given me as I enter college.
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Solar Systems Lie
This was my first theoretical piece for my AP Studio Art concentration. The subject is Harriet Hosmer’s statue, ‘Medusa,’ from a profile. It’s an envisionment of what immortal, inanimate objects see over serval generations of existence.12×14, Pen and acrylic, 2019
Intern
Inspired by Angel Olsen’s song ‘Intern,’ this portrait portrays the idea of being half-realized: living a repetitive life with mild success only to be eventually humiliated by it. Being apart from my friends, school, and work, I feel like I am ‘going through the motions’ (as Olsen wanes)–nothing I do has value. The sliver of color in the face shows my desire to ‘be alive, make something real.’12×18,Colored pencil, 2020
Ephemeral
In trying to find a visual to correspond with the concept of human existence, I keep finding myself coming back to clouds. Their ever-shifting form, a container of storm and rainbows, draws parallels to our species. In this piece, I explore an ephemeral existence, as portrayed through the dissipating clouds.9×12,Watercolor, gold leaf, and colored pencil,2019