Fox Lane Students Selected for Student Art Exhibition

Three Fox Lane High School students were chosen to have their art featured in Chroma Fine Art Gallery’s Student Art Exhibition in Katonah last month. The special exhibition came from a partnership between the gallery and Connect to Northern Westchester magazine. According to the gallery, “the exhibition celebrates emerging talent and the importance of supporting young artists within our community.”

Take a look at the work of our talented student artists (three of 20 Northern Westchester students who were selected) and learn about their thoughts on art, inspiration and more.

Rebecca Kolb, senior

Barbra Streisand’s iconic phrase “Hello, Gorgeous” inspired this piece as she recognizes her own unique beauty and talents despite societal expectations. Her growth and resilient character have been influential to my development and self-exploration. I am proud to create art that has a connection to my Jewish identity and that captures my love for the musical Funny Girl. My mother, grandmother, and I watched the movie together and we later experienced it on Broadway. Through this artwork, I felt closer to my family, and was motivated to advance my abilities in portraiture.

The most challenging part of making this piece was creating accurate proportions. I practiced new techniques through forming guidelines for the picture to better align the features; I ensured I liked the placement before adding too many details or dark shading. 

My favorite thing about art is that I can express myself and my emotions. It provides a comfortable and motivating environment that allows for my creative pursuits. 

Geovanna Kasent Pastusaca, senior

My inspiration came from Oswaldo Guayasamin, an Ecuadorian artist. I decided to do a replica of his painting Black Tears because he once said, "keep the light burning for I will always return" (Mantengan encendida una luz que siempre voy a volver) and, to me, that means to keep his art alive. He transmitted hope through his art in the face of suffering and injustice. 

In my art I wanted to convey the suffering of a mother, how intense the feeling can be to mothers, so much so that they prefer to keep it to themselves and not let anyone see it. Also, I wanted to highlight the tears that, for me, represent the silence of the hidden suffering, tears that no one sees. 

The most challenging part was to highlight the tears of the painting because I wanted them to look the same as the original while making them the whole point of it.

My favorite thing about art is that I can enjoy it and express my feelings and emotions. To me, this means to lose oneself in the process, falling in without thinking it has to be perfect.

Dalia Schonfeld, junior

This piece was inspired by Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland. The scene depicted is supposed to feel a bit chaotic and unclear as one may feel when trying to recall the setting of a strange dream. I wanted to challenge myself by including as many small details as possible in this piece.