Emily Schafer RMCAD Portfolio Submission

August, 25th, 2015

Student Number: 2363009Degree Program:

Illustration/Photography

Growing up, I always had a difficult time with school. As much as I’ve always had an appreciation for learning new things and expanding my mind, the way I seem to absorb knowledge did not mend well with the traditional styles taught in American schools. My mind practically refused to wrap itself around concepts taught to me via lectures, testing, and “shoving my nose into a book”. In fact, the only times I ever really picked up on a subject and was able to fully immerse myself in it was when I was engaging not only my mind, but my hands and eyes and even soul. The most obvious subjects I exceled at for that reason was anything and everything art related. I could play instruments. I could perform dance on a stage in front of a huge crowd of people. I took a sculpture class my sophomore year of high school and having never dealt with free form clay prior, I was able to pick up a large mass of clay and with little guidance, sculpt it into a beautiful, tribal inspired giraffe. If I was given a blank canvas and a paintbrush and just told, “go with it!”, that’s exactly what I would do. It was almost as if my hand and the paintbrush (and really any drawing utensil I’d put between my fingers) had a previous, long-lasting relationship, and they just worked together seamlessly with my mind. I come from a family of artists, so it wasn’t a huge surprise that my natural talents were swayed completely artistically. I was never bothered by the fact that I couldn’t do math to save my life or was always one of the last ones to complete a test…if even completing one fully at all. I was and always will be fully content that my only God given talent was to create works of art. Whether through writing, fine arts, performing arts, photography…really anything creative. It’s what I live for. I hope that by furthering my art education and fine-tuning my skillsets, I can finally possess what it takes to become a published author with my children’s books and other books.

Artist’s Statement:

“Photography”

“Icelandic Sun”

-Taken in Iceland, November 2014

-This photo was taken on a Nikon CoolPix P600 and has no filters

“La Lune”

-Taken in Denver, CO, July 2015-These photos were taken on a

Nikon CoolPix P600 (w/60x optical zoom) and has minor digital

editing on the top one and no editing on the bottom one

“Sunkissed Rockies”

-Taken in Denver, CO, July 2015-This photo was taken on a Nikon CoolPix P600 and has no filters

(w/60x optical zoom)

“The Sanctuary of Truth”

-Taken in Pattaya, Thailand, March 2015

-This panoramic photo was taken on an iPhone w/minimal

saturation and contrast filtering

“The Magnificent Skógafoss”

-Taken in Iceland, November 2014

-This photo was taken on an iPhone w/minimal saturation and

contrast filtering

“Free-Hand Drawing”

“Jimmy-Jack-John”

-Freehand pencil drawing completed March 2015

-Inspired by Shel Silverstein’s poem, “Jimmy-Jack-John”

-Featured on Shel Silverstein’s official poetry Instagram page

“Circumference of Wonder”

-Freehand pencil drawing completed August 2015-Original Concept by me

“Ask Not”

-Freehand pencil drawing w/mixed media in shadow box,

completed 2013-Father’s Day gift for my J.F.K

adoring father

Oliver Kersley of “The Sonic Archers”

-Freehand pencil drawing w/crayon compliments, completed

2013-Gift to a close friend who was the guitarist for a local Denver band

“Come Fly With Me”

-Freehand ink pen drawing, completed 2013

-Original concept by me

“Illustrations”

“Molly-Ann Is Lost In The Sky!”

-Cover page of my self-written and illustrated children’s book,

completed 2014-Book is copy-written and can be

located in The Library of Congress

“Molly-Ann Is Lost In The Sky!”

-Page 17 of my self-written and illustrated children’s book,

completed 2014-Book is copy-written and can be

located in The Library of Congress

“Molly-Ann Is Lost In The Sky!”

-Page 17 of my self-written and illustrated children’s book,

completed 2014-Mixed media page (colored

pencil & digital imaging)-Book is copy-written and can be

located in The Library of Congress

“Molly-Ann Is Lost In The Sky!”

-Page 18 of my self-written and illustrated children’s book,

completed 2014-Mixed media page (colored

pencil & digital imaging)-Book is copy-written and can be

located in The Library of Congress

“Molly-Ann Is Lost In The Sky!”

-Page 27 of my self-written and illustrated children’s book,

completed 2014-Book is copy-written and can be

located in The Library of Congress

In Conclusion…

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To see the world. Things dangerous to come to. To see behind walls. To draw closer. To find each other and to feel. That is the purpose of life.-The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

I believe God created us to create beauty in his honor, just as he created the beauty we surround ourselves with on this earth. At least for me. I have never stopped expanding my desire to create and never will. I shall reach to all ends of the earth to be inspired and to inspire. I want my art to live on for eons after I am gone. There’s not one doubt in my mind that I was put here to create beautiful things. And that’s exactly what I will do. – Emily Tyson Schafer

THANK YOU!!!