Megan's Journalism blog

Qing Han, also known as 'Qinni' Canadian artist Qing Han passed away Feb. 8 at 29 years old after a brief, yet hard battle with cancer. She was a popular and influential figure within the art community that pushed and inspired thousands of other artists to continue to grow. With her last post only being posted four days before she passed, fans all over the world were caught in a wave of shock and sadness. Han was born in Canada on March 20, 1990. As she grew up, her parents were rather disapproving of art, believing that it was a waste of time, so she was not allowed to draw at home. "I was never allowed to draw at home, but I'd doodle on my notebooks in class and homework sheets," (Han “DeviantArt Weekly Artist Feature: Qinni”). Despite this, she eventually went on to study art in college, which her parents allowed since it was fairly inexpensive to attend. She graduated from Sheridan College in Oakville, Ontario in 2012 with a bachelor’s degree in ...

Kaylee Marsh with one of her art pieces        Kaylee Marsh, 17, from South Albany High School, strives to become a tattoo artist. She is still unsure of her exact major, but she knows that she wants it to be art-centered. Her motivation to begin pursuing art derived from her uncle.        "My dad wasn't really in the picture at the time," Marsh said. She then went on to explain the connection of art to her uncle.  "He watched over me most of my childhood and he inspired me to get into it," she said. Her uncle was an artist himself, which led to her interest.        Marsh doesn't intend for her work to have any particular meaning, although, some of her pieces could be described as political. Her main ideas for her work are taken from elements of the woods and forests.        As much as her art expresses her own inner ideas and creativ...