Working on a First Responders Portrait- Fire Fighter
Gingerbread-houses
This program offers adults and children a opportunity to work on candy gingerbread- nhouses every year at Fields Corner Boston Public Library.
Meet the first responders
Living Art will let you meet the first responders around your neighborhood, fire fighters, police, and many others. They will share their stories to you and you can share yours too.
Kite Making Class
Being part of the Living Art program, you will be able to learn how to make your own special kite!
The Only Girl
My model is Boston Police officer, Seanad Coyne. She went to an all-girl’s high school and when she told her friends she was thinking about joining the Air Force they said she was insane to make that decision. However, after graduation she joined the Air Force and trained as a nurse.
Officer Coyne is the only woman in her family to join the Air Force or to become a police officer. She did both because she wanted to do more than the usual, she wanted to help her community.
Officer Coyne inspires me to achieve my goals the way she did. She is a strong and independent wom- an and that’s how I feel.
Artist: JoJo Carrillo
Model: Seanad Coyne
Born to Shine
I chose to paint a police officer because they represent a hero capturing villains and putting them in jail. This painting shows an officer in a park, watching like a hawk, doing his job, making us safer. My model, Office Grubbs is very humble, peaceful and laid back. That’s why I painted him in a park with nature around him.
We are all humans, we are all born to shine, born to protect each other, love each other, we have a purpose. We have unique talents and different personalities along with different body features. Each one of us is unique.
Artist: Paola Almonte
Model: Kenny Grubbs
Work in Progress
Everything we do is indeed a work in progress.
Nothing is ever really done, it’s only abandoned…but one of the steps you must take as an artist is knowing when to abandon a piece of work.
My model, Chantette, was very generous with her time, coming in to pose for me whenever she could. With this particular piece of work I’ve done a lot of steps but I don’t think my piece does her justice.
I’ve never really been much of a painter. I am more of an illustrator, using graphite and pen and paper. I haven’t painted since two summers ago. Now with this piece I had to decide to abandon this work in progress.
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