Artist: Sienna Browne
Exhibition: Product of the Palette
Media: Painting and drawing
Gallery: LBSU School of Art, Indeterminable due to COVID – 19
Website: https://www.siennabrowneart.com/
Instagram: siennabrowneart
Sienna Browne is a 4th year undergraduate student at CSULB who is about to graduate with her BFA. Sienna’s art consist of paintings made from acrylic, wood snap print, oil and mixed media. Her art portrays her past which started from high school. Her art nowadays consists of who she is as a person.
From the pictures that Sienna showed, most of them were made from acrylic, oil and charcoal. Most of the art was made with single stroke lines that form into different shapes. Most of her work involve her past involvement with eating disorder and body dysmorphia. A lot of her art also has a much darker background either black or a darker color to which she contrasts them with white or light colors. Sienna also said that her artwork is abstract which shows that a lot of her art has a deeper meaning behind them. From the pictures shown, the art seems to be large in size and easy to look at for detail.
From the conversation with Sienna, we find that the art is made with her personal experiences. Her art first began as fun projects but soon realized that her art was coming from her eating disorder. From an early time, she didn’t seem to notice that it was an underlying theme. From her art now, she wants to celebrate her recovery and her future to finish and graduate. She also says that her art doesn’t come from one thought but from many that combine to make her art. In her future, she would like to take inspiration from thoughts that would help others express their own ideas.
Personally, I was able to relate with Sienna with that we don’t understand our views until we actually look at it closely. In my own view, I think I relate with Sienna that we will find a way to get away from mental illness. Through her art, even though it is abstract, I still think there is a meaning that I can pull away from it that is similar to Sienna’s thoughts.
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