Sadie Noone Art

Senior Art Portfolio/Works From High School Art

Sophomore Year (Art II) 2017-2018

1. Lobster in oil pastel (2017)

This piece was our first assignment in art II, to practice color mixing. I remember how challenging it was to match the skin tone, shadows, and color of the lobster, especially on black paper. I like the way my fingers are wrapped around the lobster and sort of mirror its legs.

2. Bubble Experimentation (2018) dish soap + acrylic paint

During the surrealism unit, I experimented with printing on paper using bubbles. By using a straw to mix and blow bubbles into an acrylic/dish soap mixture, I was able to achieve some really interesting textures. This time of the year, in biology I was working on my independent research project (my experiment focused on E.coli and water quality) and in class we were investigating parts of the cell, so retrospectively, I think the connection between the two classes is evident in these experimental works. The bubble prints look like something you could see looking through a microscope.

3. Liver Surrealism piece (2018) tea, ink, charcoal, micron pen

For my final surrealism inspired piece, I chose to juxtapose a human liver with tea bags, which both have the role of filtering out particles in their respective systems. This multi-media piece incorporated a lot of layers of different media to achieve the values and textures I wanted. The mug/human hands conflict with the leaves and roots/veins , but are also growing together. I love the colors in this piece, especially on the arm in the foreground.

Fall Still Life (2018)

Finishing this piece felt so amazing after months of taking it home everyday after school to plug away at small sections. This was my first fully completed canvas acrylic painting. I love the colors, and I'm especially happy with how the top left corner and pitcher turned out. Although the cool colors and lack of pumpkins/gourds didn't read fall, the dark greens and purple-grays are reminiscent of the transition into winter.

Awards (2017-2018)

Departmental Award for Outstanding Achievement in Fine Arts
Art selected for juried exhibit at Weston Council on Aging

June Academy Silkscreen Prints

Junior Year (Art III) 2018-2019

This was a very big year in art for me. After my summer at Boston University's Visual Arts Summer Institute, refining my drawing, painting, and observational skills, I was energized to create. I developed a lot as an artist, even under the stress of a particularly challenging academic year. This is when I committed to studying art and design in college.

Zaha Hadid Inspired Large Acrylic Piece (acrylic, charcoal, pastel on canvas) 41.25”x63.75”

This was the first large scale painting I worked on. The geometric qualities helped me abstract the experience I had in that space. Hadid's work is really impactful to me.

Artist Statement: This piece was inspired by photos I took of the interior of Zaha Hadid's MAXXI - (Museo Nazionale delle Arti del XXI Secolo) in Rome. My experience with this work left an impression on me that necessitated this interpretation. Hadid's design techniques were interesting to me. Looking upward, there are several overlapping staircases that lead to the higher floors. The staircases are large, and made out of dark metal and have LEDS on the bottom of them which cast light on the ground level. In my piece, I used acrylic paint, charcoal, and soft pastel to convey different textures and layers. In this work, I attempted to move away from being purely representational.

Waltham Mills

Waltham Mills No. 1 and No. 2 (ink on paper, marker on acetate overlay, 22"x8")

These two studies might be my two favorite works I created in high school (especially because they photograph so well!) Although they are simplistic, the ink and the gestural lines combine to define the interior of the space I visited during my annual trip to the Waltham Mills Open Studios.

Waltham Mills No. 3 (acrylic on canvas 63"x26")

The process of working on this piece took months (December to May). I vividly remember a lot of the conversations I had with Emily and Jackie while working on it and the playlists I listened to on spotify.

The layers of this piece, probably hundreds were iterative, repetitive, but also constantly being adjusted to capture the space the way I envisioned the experience through color. After speaking with artist Sarah Leon at the mills, I was very inspired by her large scale acrylic pieces, scenes she painted only from memory. her paintings really captured a mood and a place, so I wanted mine to do the same. On another page on my google site, I made a slideshow that you can click through to see the way the painting evolved as I was working on it. The transformation from beginning to end is pretty dramatic. (I took a picture at the end of almost every class working on it). The scale of this piece makes the scene more lifelike to, and really draws the viewer in. It is almost taller than me!

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