Artist Statement | haileybutler

Watercolor Landscape

No one but Everyone lives here

I was inspired to draw this city/ town by my imagination. Now I know that it doesn’t look like a fairy tale city/ town that’s because I was going for a more modern type city/ town.

I wanted my city/ town to be more in the now but like have its own “back in the day” if you know what I mean.

Portrait

I was inspired to do this piece because Jennifer Lawrence is one of my favorite movie actresses. She is probably the one i look up to most. She’s like my role model. So of course i was going to draw her.

I was trying my best to draw her the best i could because it’s hard to try and get a certain part of her the way you want because you know them like you seen them before and you just have that expectation.

Tiki God: Ku

I was inspired to build the tiki god ku because he represents war and destruction.

I put skulls and a sword and shield on it and i also put natural disasters such as volcanoes etc. on it.

I was inspired to paint this piece because they way the way the sun hit the top of the mountain and the way it gave the impression that the clouds were pink. It gave me that happy feeling but I didn’t know why it gave me that feeling. I guess you can say that the colors in the piece are what really inspired me.

I created this piece but using watercolors. I have never used watercolor paint in my life but it was a shot. To be honest with you i really don’t like this i think i could have done a better job at creating this piece.

Dark nights

I was inspired to create this piece because of the style i chose and my love for elephants.

I wasn’t sure about what exactly i wanted it to look like so i just created him out of shapes.

Principles and Elements

I was inspired to do this piece because i wanted to learn more about how to use and create the principles and elements.

I just demonstrated them as best as i possibly could.