Victoria Waddy, Smiley Face, acrylic, wood, gouache, $200
Victoria Waddy
Alisal High School
Junior
This art piece is a self reflection about hiding true emotions to the outside world. There are a lot of deep and bright reds to portray a chaotic tone. Despite what I may think, I am not very good at hiding some of my emotions. I have a very readable face when I am emotional. However, whenever I have deep thoughts or feelings, I shut everything down. From what I say to my face, to how I interact with others. This piece represents that. A lot of my art pieces are made from what I feel that cannot be put into words. So for this piece I wanted to scream multiple emotions. To me it means that there are people in the world like me who struggle in showing deep emotions. But to someone else it could mean something deeper. That was the goal I was hoping to achieve. There may be a lot going on in my mind, but no one else needs to get involved with that. So smile.