Artworks by Christopher Hicks
Blue Artist
Art is everything to me. As I child I use to become depressed because I was not able to draw like Michelangelo or Da Vinci. Therefore, I gave up on art because the public education system I attended did not think art was that important to teach and from years of being trapped in “my drawings ain’t getting better hell”. However, my childhood dreams of becoming an artist ate away at my soul.
I graduated high school in 2014 with honors and in the top ten percent of my class, in which, enabled me to receive a scholarship from Texas Southern University. Once I received that scholarship, I knew I was not going to college for anything but to study art.
Over the past four years (from 2014 to 2018) I tried to understand art the best way I could, but I felt so lost at times. I also do not feel that I put my best effort into seeking that knowledge, because of situations in my family and approaching college level art classes with fear.
Currently, (as I sit in my advance drawing class on a Friday night at 12:00 am), I am looking at my work and I am not satisfied. I am a 22 years old senior with a 3.83 gpa. I am dealing with of stress from losing my grandmother (that I was a dedicated caregiver for over the past 5 years), final examinations, upcoming graduation in the next year, and just trying to understand this world in general.
I feel that I am missing the knowledge that will take my art to the next level and I just feel that the drawing and old masters academy (for painting) will give me that.
I want to change people life’s with my art; I am not chasing money or fame. I apologize that this essay is not professional written, I am just being real and honest.
Thanks
Your work is beautiful! I wish you all the best in your art and all that you want to achevé in your life.