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Qi creates, shares abstract art
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A pair of eyes and lips sliding off a glass like container of milk on a blue background, is only one of the many paintings junior Kylie Qi has painted that have his fellow peers raising their eyebrows in confusion. “I tend to focus more on the way I see things rather than how they actually are,” is Qi’s response to his different take on art.
Qi has been drawing since he was seven years old; his mother soon noticed his talent for art and enrolled him in art classes. Qi began with basic training where he learned how to draw properly using shapes, shading and shadows. By middle school, Qi moved on to drawing comic strips and super heroes. Once Qi entered high school, his style had changed to a more emotion and feeling based theme where he would paint and draw what he saw. Now, Qi focuses on a more creative side of himself and calls his art a combination of abstract and surrealism.
“When I showed [my art] to people, they are like, ‘wow bro, what is this?’” Qi said. “[My art] was a bunch of abstract stuff. They looked like blobs and lines but that expressed how I felt at the time.”
Qi is currently working on selling his art online. So far, Qi has set up a website where people can go and purchase the art they like. There are no set prices yet, but Qi has been working to get his online store up and running so everyone can have access to his art and be able to purchase it.
“I am fairly new to this independent artist [job],” Qi said. “It has been really slow but I am working on it.”
Qi hopes to attend a university out of state where he can major in fine arts or art education. Qi hopes to be able to teach art in the future, and he would also like to see his art displayed in different museums and exhibits. Additionally, Qi is also extremely grateful to have his parents’ full support in his career choice.
“I am surprised [my parents support me] ‘cause usually Asian families would want [their kids] to go into something like engineering,” Qi said. “Although my dad wanted me to go into dentistry, he supports me now, and my mom definitely supports me. I always ask her for her opinions on [my art] and she tells me how to improve it.”
Qi hopes he can continue showing his family and peers the unique way he see the world through his art.
