I'd like to introduce myself.


Hello, my name is Clara, and I am currently studying chemistry at UAF. I got my license in cosmetology before I started my degree, and it has given me a different perspective on my major.  I have lived in Alaska my whole life and was born and raised in Fairbanks. I hope to be able to pursue cosmetic science in the future and be able to create an allergy-friendly makeup line.

I have had a relationship with art for a long portion of my life. I often went to art camp when I was young and I learned I had a knack for sewing. I love to make clothes and costumes. I also draw a little bit, but that is not the main form of art that I like to partake in. I enjoy going to art museums, but I haven't visited any local art museums. The main museums that I have attended are in Spain. I only went to Spain once, but I went to quite a few art museums and palaces.

One of the paintings that I loved was called Las Meninas.

This is an engraving of the painting, but what makes this painting so interesting is that it is a self-portrait. The painter is the engraving is Velazquez, painting the king and queen. Velazquez painted himself, painting the king and queen. The girl in the center is the young princess being attended to, and there is a reflection of the king and queen in the mirror in the background.

Las Meninas

 

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  1. The Ukulele FoolJanuary 27, 2023 at 8:05 AM

    I am fascinated by cosmetic and skin care chemistry. I am sure that your cosmetology background does give you a different perspective. I follow the Lab Muffin on YouTube. Check out the art gallery at the Museum of the North. Try doing a First Friday event. You might find some interesting art in you own backyard.

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  2. Abdurahman HassanJanuary 31, 2023 at 12:34 AM

    Howdy Clara! Good evening! Nice to meet you! It's must be pretty cool to know that you've visited art museums in Spain. I know there's one museum near where I live, in the nation's capital of Washington D.C., known as the National Gallery of Art. I was first aware of it back in the Fall of '98, and I'd like to visit it in the near future. It's quite impressive to know that you were born and raised in the Last Frontier State! Plus, having the ability to sew in today's stage is a remarkable trait, given the fact that there are fewer textile locations around the world, and I would assume that it would be rare even in a place like Alaska. Sewing, believe it or not, can be viewed as being a work of art, itself!

    Abdurahman Hassan

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