Unearthing, Cedar Ridge High School International Baccalaureate Art Senior Student Show

Artwork from Sydney Lund and Apollo Payne senior International Baccalaureate Art students at Cedar Ridge High School.   

From Sydney: In my art I try to use strange and embellished imagery to communicate the very many different ways life can feel. The process of unearthing my sense of self is painful, yet beautiful. I often find inspiration in a famous quote from Picasso "Art is a lie that shows us the truth."

From Apollo: I have been fascinated with the way the layout of a scene can be used to create mood in artworks. I aim to capture the way feelings such as stress and anxiety can be conveyed through locations. My artworks explore how familiar scenes can be made to feel ominous and tense through the addition of elements of surrealism to contrast against an ordinary landscape. 

Show runs through April 27, at Margaret Lane Gallery, 121 W Margaret Lane, Hillsborough, NC www.margaretlanegallery.com