b i o : I have been doing art for most of my life, but the majority of that time was spent without any real art classes. From second through eighth grade, I attended public school and was unable to participate in art inside of school. Instead, I covered spare paper with drawings. Upon entering Greenhill in ninth grade, I was finally exposed to school art classes with one of the most wonderful teachers I have ever had: Mrs. Gruben. She is really the person who I credit with my love of art and my decision to make it my career. For most of freshman and sophomore year, I lived in the Greenhill studio and spent all my extra time there. In the middle of my sophomore year, I began the rabbit project. I decided that i would like to do a "rainbow of rabbits"--painting larger-than-life rabbits in strange colours and in odd, dark environments. I simplified the idea somewhat; the backgrounds simply became black with more splashes of colour. The project took me nearly two years, but I have finally finished all six rabbits. I can honestly say I'm proud to have done it, even if it was difficult at times. To this day, students in the upper school sometimes approach me and ask, "Hey, are you the girl who paints rabbits?" I always nod.
And the funny part is that none of them know I was born on Easter.

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