2021-22, ART, CULTURE AND COMMUNITY 21-22

Self-Growth

Katherine Payne

Katherine Payne was born and raised on the Big Island of Hawaii. A few years ago, she started to make art as a hobby and followed that by taking classes at Hawaii Preparatory Academy. Katie found that making art and the act of creating things that she liked was a way to relax and enjoy her free time. She currently prefers watercolor and acrylic paints and primarily paints nature and still life. In junior and senior year of high school, she experienced stress and pressure that she was not prepared for. For her Senior Capstone Project, she is focusing on stress management and painting things that are stress relievers. She hopes that this project will help herself and others learn to deal with stress. Katherine is currently planning to study abroad and pursue international business.

Abstract

Self-Growth is a series of paintings that will symbolize and inform how to deal with stress. I first noticed this when I got into senior year, there is a lot of stress that is put on us. There are many new expectations that are put on us. The increase in stress can have major impacts on the mental health of all students. For these paintings painted books and flowers, and use colors that are stress relieving such as greens and blues. I created a social media account to showcase these paintings and in the captions wrote about stress and ways to deal with it. I hope this project will help other people and myself learn more about stress and overcoming it.