SHANE'S OWN WORDS

Throughout my life I've had some hard times, some OK times, and some good times.  Art is one of the things that made all the times I've had come together.

Art for me is a thing that helps me think, ask questions, and see what is happening in life.  In 4th grade I was working on a poster for open house about the San Francisco earthquake and I was told I sucked at drawing.  I don't know why that memory got stuck in my head, but it made me stronger and like art more.

I like art for many reasons but the one that means a lot to me is that it can be different, like so many things in life.  Art is a thing that finds and creates itself.  Being different is a thing that everyone holds and my artwork makes me a little bit different from the next person.  Art to me is like looking inside a person but not being able to tell what is in there.  Well, there is a lot inside me, more than I really want, or not enough.

This mural I did is not to be told about.  It is for the person looking at it to come to his or her own conclusion of how they feel about it and how they go about it.  And here is something I might add.  In life there is no right or wrong.  Or on the other hand, is there a right and a wrong?  Whatever you want it to be it will be.

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