Artist

Megan Hillis

Artist bio

Megan Hillis was born and raised in Fort Nelson, BC where she started to experiment with art at an early age. She was raised in a Christian home and decided to surrender her life to Jesus Christ. Growing up in a small town with not many Christian friends, Megan spent a lot of her time practicing different drawing and painting techniques. Her art style is still being developed, and like most artists, will continue to grow. Megan, through her years of creative practice her work has been influenced by her multicultural upbringing, as well as by her family, friends, and her art teachers. Her eighth grade art teacher greatly inspired her through the projects assigned and by her teacher’s artistic challenges. Megan delights in learning new techniques and experiments with the skills and ideas she has learned. With the growing number of talented artists with a variety of different techniques, styles, and perspectives, Megan believes that each artist has a different message to portray. Being an artist at this day and age is difficult, with all artists competing to sell, promote, and enter into exhibitions; competition is stiff. Acknowledging that has and will challenge Megan and encourage her to continually put the best she has into her work. Megan has graduated the Fine Arts certificate program at the college of New Caledonia in Price George, BC in 2016.

Title

Shield & Sword

Medium/Genre

Painting

Artist Statement

“Shield & Sword” uses different techniques and texture to encompass the importance of God’s word and the armor He has provided for His people. The shield and sword with the use of colour and lighting sets the tone for the painting. The man reading his Bible using a technique to have him fade into the shield gives the appearance of him being hidden from flaming darts.

How it fits into contest

The work fits into the contest topic by how there is a shield to represent the shield of faith and there’s a sword to represent the sword of the spirit.

Credits

Austin Hillis for posing to help with the correct perspective and proportions, as well as for critiquing.

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