Artist Spotlight: Madison Zamora

There are so many creative students at Redwood High School. Amazing artists, musicians, poets, etc. One of those students is Madison Zamora.

Madison Zamora ‘22, has been creating art since the age of seven. Art has always been something she adored and enjoyed doing growing up. She remembers drawing on her walls as a toddler, and her mother decided to get her a sketchbook, “from that point on, I just kept drawing and drawing.”

Growing up, Zamora has taken art classes all throughout middle school and her high school years. She was also involved in some art clubs, however, did not spend much time with them due to “school getting in the way.”

Most of her teachers and friends would compliment her art work, and pushed her to start sharing her art pieces, “I really don’t put my art out there as much as I should, but I would like to start now.”

Art has always been her passion, “I’ve always been doing it, I’ll never stop. It’s something I want to do in the future.” One of her favorite artists she looks up to for inspiration is, Van Gogh, “I absolutely love his paintings. Many people admire his Starry Night painting, but my favorite painting of his would be Iris. His strokes and details inspire me when I do my work.”

She also gets her inspiration with simple methods such as taking a notebook outside to draw anything that captures her interest, “sometimes I’d draw patterns, family members, just to keep it in my brain, or as a picture for my next project.” 

Zamora describes art to be, “something to interpret your own emotions and feelings. It’s what you, as the artist, are feeling…whether sad, angry, or happy.” Over the years, she has struggled finding what truly is her style of art and finding what media she wanted to pursue, “For a long time, I tried pastels, charcoal, painting, and watercolors. Eventually, I found digital art, that’s when it all clicked.” She does not have one specific art style, more so, it is “scattered, and all over the place.” There’s many things she enjoys to draw such as: people (poses), landscapes, and flowers (nature).

Of all her art creations, the one she is most connected to is her art piece, Joker of Feelings. In the painting, “the girl is dressed as a jester, with many bad omens/luck.” She relates to the girl in the painting because she has an emotional connection to the jester, “During that point in my life, I was going through a difficult time, so I related to her in many ways emotionally.”

She’s learned that art, to her, comes with many benefits, “Whenever I’m stressed or need time for myself, art helps me get my mind off of things, and not think of what’s hurting me. It’s like an escape from reality, an outlet.” Zamora explains how over the years, she’s improved quite a lot by, “doing art classes in middle school till now, finding what I love to do, by experimenting with different forms of art, and repeating the process…All of these things made me grow as an artist.”

Zamora is  planning on attending art school in the future. She hopes to major in graphic design or in the art field in general, “I’ve always thought of being an illustrator for children’s books, or graphic design. I’ve always wanted to make logos for big companies. It would be an amazing career for me to pursue in the future.” 

“Art comes in different forms, music, poetry, writing, crafts, and much more. Without art, our world would be so boring, with no color or creativity.”

– Madison Zamora

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