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SIERRA  HICKS
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 watercolorBOTANICALS
  Nature Journaling and Watercolor Art

THE FOYER GALLERY at the CARTHAGE PUBLIC LIBRARY
Summer through Autumn 2021
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“I see all of nature as an affirmation of the Creator's beauty, and I want my work to reflect some small measure of this.

When I create an image and explore the intricacies of a plant's colors and structure, I find even more beauty than what first inspired me to paint a particular plant.

If something captures my interest for a painting, I usually study the subject for a few days and consider every detail. I will look at a flower blossom asking, ‘Will this be easy or hard to paint, and will my end result be worth my efforts?’

When I feel confident and prepared to begin, I take my chosen plant to my mini studio—my desk in my room. If the plant is outside, I gather up a pencil, canvas, brushes and palette, a micron pen, a tombow eraser, a cup of water and a lawn chair…then I get to work. I love painting!”​


Sierra Hicks                                                       ​Summer 2021    ​                                                                                                                                                             
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SIERRA HICKS | Emerging Watercolor Artist
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​Sierra Hicks is a 14-year-old emerging watercolor artist from Carthage, Missouri. Since she was very young she has enjoyed sketching as a hobby. Early in the pandemic Sierra enrolled in a free watercolor course online. After taking the class she thought she still preferred her usual colored pencils, but over the next months Sierra found herself drawn to watercolors. As her gentle style emerged and evolved in her nature notebooks, she began to move to canvas.

Sierra’s love for art began with her love for science and her aspiration to a career in biology. Studying the natural world around her, she has created beautiful journals filled with sketches and paintings companioned with written notes and observations. The pages in her nature journals range from diagrams of the budding spring twigs from a dozen trees on her family’s property to angles of flamingo beaks she noticed at the zoo, to wooly members of the bison herd at Prairie State Park and a series of mosses and lichens observed on a recent family trip
to the Great Smokie Mountains.
 
Sierra’s family has fostered lasting relationships around the globe as a Friendship Family to international students at Missouri Southern State University. Inspired to study Japanese, Sierra hopes to one day spend time exploring the natural world and the culture of Japan where she has a very special older “sister.”
 
Sierra is a home educated student. From science and art to history and classic literature, she loves to learn. She also loves gaining knowledge through travel and experiences, and she appreciates the autonomy this lifestyle allows in her studies and other pursuits. In addition to art some of her interests include piano, ukulele and guitar. Sierra has played Pollyanna, Fern of Charlotte’s Web, and the 5 of Spades on stage at Joplin’s Stained Glass Theatre. She participates in a local youth choir and shoots in a trap and skeet league with her dad.

Sierra grew up in Carthage. From their neighborhood filled with dear friends, this past year her family moved a mile away to a handful of acres outside of town. There you might find her painting in her mom’s garden or finishing her schoolwork in a canoe on the pond. Her new room houses twenty-seven plants, providing subject matter for artistic pursuits while also keeping the air healthy in their home. In addition to her two beloved cats, Sierra lives with her very supportive mom and dad and an energetic little sister.

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