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Sharone Reef
ART Habens
experience is. I seldom follow recipes
and allow my soul to fully guide me even
in the kitchen. When I write my words
are often vibrant and discriptive,
illustrating and expressing precisely
what and how my mind envisions it.
Once upon a period in my life I had
forgotten about colors. My story is
written and illustrated in a childrens'
book I had written named Sunshine,
which has not been published yet. It tells
a story of a struggling butterfly,
Sunshine, who sets her wings in search
for the colors which once decorated her
life. She re-discovers an array of colors
when visiting different locations, finally
noticing the palette of colors on her
wings. I guess I can clearly say that my
psychological make-up determines the
way I create.
My art, of course, is an expression and a
refection of the energy that comes with
colors. The tones, shades and intensity of
colors depend heavily on my
psychological make-up, as you named it.
When I teach art in the Bethel Woods
Center for the Arts I also focus on self
expression and the energy that comes
with colors in art. In fact, in my last
teaching session I demonstrated to my
teen students the effects of a dominant
color in a single photograph. In this
program they are creating a story about
themselves focusing on their individual
strengths and a closer examination of
their character, as one and as a member
of a community, using photography as
the dominant medium.
My color palette always holds a
combination of uplifting, energizing,
warm , comforting and healing colors.
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