Two of Redwood’s art students, Joseline Lara, ’25, and Annika Crenshaw, ’27, were given the opportunity to paint the windows of Exotica Hair Studio on Main Street.
By: Laysha Vargas-Guizar
Joseline Lara, ’25, has been drawing since she was 10 years old, however, she became more serious about it when quarantine rolled around. During quarantine she started to get into more art mediums, such as painting.
Photo courtesy of Lara
“During the COVID lockdown I had access to a lot of things, and the time for new hobbies so I started developing my skills.”
After high school, Lara plans to continue to have an art related career as a tattoo artist.
Annika Crenshaw, ‘27, has been making art throughout her childhood, but only started taking it more seriously in 6th grade. For the past two years she has been getting into painting and working on that new medium.
“Painting has been more recent, so the past two years. But I’ve been drawing forever.”
She says that after high school she would like to continue in the art field with a minor in art, or even as an art teacher for a highschool.
When it came to designing what to paint on the mural, it all came down to what the owner wanted. Both Lara and Crenshaw shared their ideas and drafts to the owner until they were given the green light.
Crenshaw says, “We just asked the store owner what kind of ideas she was wanting, and then we just sketched them out then talked amongst ourselves.”
Their main prompt for the mural was to incorporate spooky themes, as well as to include something for Breast Cancer Awareness, since both Halloween and Breast Cancer Awareness are in October.
Photo courtesy of Lara
Lara worked on the right side, being responsible for painting the Bride of Frankenstein with the hair dryer along with the swirly eyed skull.
Lara says, “This was my first mural and I think it was pretty exciting since I haven’t tried it before.”
Crenshaw on the other hand worked on the left side which included the Breast Cancer Awareness paintings and a bouquet of flowers that include a spider web in the middle.
Both students agree that they would definitely be up to another project like this in the future.
This was also Crenshaw’s first mural which actually hits close to home with her.
“I was very glad to be a part of Breast Cancer Awareness month because my mother actually had breast cancer and now she’s cancer free. It was an honor.”
Laysha Vargas-Guizar
Laysha Vargas-Guizar is a writer in Journalism 2. Editor of Arts & Entertainment, they host the Everything Entertainment Podcast along with their co-host Aiden Lupian.
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