Theresa Hanks, here with her art pieces, shown at Box Brothers on Del Paso Boulevard for September’s Second Saturday event.Kristen Stauss
2nd Saturday features City College student
Matt Laguardia | Staff Writer
laguarm@imail.losrios.edu
On Sacramento Second Saturdays, local art galleries open their doors to the public to show them an artist’s depiction of the world. As the viewer makes his or her rounds through multitudes of color-filled canvases, he or she not only gets the chance to see the world through another’s eyes but to be immersed in the world the artist creates.
For City College student Theresa Hanks, this is an art walk she will never forget. Her watercolors were featured at Box Bros. Art Gallery on Del Paso Boulevard Sept 12.
“I want people to think about the art, take a look closer, and pay attention to the detail and not the subject matter,” says Hanks.
Hanks has been drawing since she was 10 years old, but was, until recently, undecided about her major. She says she always had a love for drawing and decided to continue her work in art because she already had art credits that spanned visual and performing arts. Working with watercolors and pencil, she says she discovered she had talent.
Her art is inspired by her grandmother and husband, who have always pushed her to keep up her art. Hanks says she didn’t have a mother figure growing up, so her grandmother acted in her place to push her to be better and to accomplish her dreams, Hanks then decided to go back to school.
When going back to school, Hanks found herself being pushed even more by City College art professor Melanie Marchant, who helped Hanks establish her style in watercolor. She gave Hanks a better understanding of art, and how to express her understanding of the world though art.
“It becomes a little stressful, because as an artist you want to sell your painting so you can make money, but being a student you have to keep them for your portfolio,” says Hanks on being a striving artist that is still in school.
Recently, Hanks says she has come across some property and intends to create an art studio in which she will continue her art and have more space to help her creativity flow. Future plans include traveling to Japan to become an English teacher and furthering her art career over seas.
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