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Artist Profile
The Pencil Magician Award-winning Niki Tran By Ji Mun
craft and acrylic paints. It was in middle school when she took her first art class and started to take art Meet Niki Tran, an award-winning more seriously. And since then, “I learned artist and a TAAS senior. my techniques from trying different styles She has tackled many mediums – oil and practicing,” Tran said. pastels, chalk pastels, pen, acrylic paints, She works at her mother’s nail shop, “so and recently, watercolor paints. “Well, I you could say we do like nail art stuff,” she was just messing with [watercolor] so far, said. “But I don’t like [manicuring].” but I haven’t really done a piece yet,” Tran But as much as she likes art, she rarely said. Out of all the mediums she has used, has time outside of class to draw and paint. colored pencils and charcoal are her favor- “I try to when I have time,” Tran said, but ites. that’s hardly ever. Tran was titled the Top Tran has no favorite 20 and was awarded an “I want to do [art] at home... It’s subject.“I don’t discriminate,” a way of escaping [for me].” Honorable Mention at she said. However, she likes last year’s Edmonds Art “something that’s different.” Festival. The two drawings for which she She doesn’t have a particular artist whose was awarded, “Latin Princess” and “Lost,” style she admires. “I like doing my own are featured on the left and bottom right, thing,” Tran said. respectively. Tran will be entering two artTran plans to attend University of works, an oil pastel drawing of a Ballerina Washington Bothell after graduating high and a portrait of a model, to the Edmonds school. “I don’t know what to do,” she said, Art Festival this year. “but I am thinking of medical research, For her senior project, Tran created an something in science. “I don’t think I am art portfolio, which consists of some of passionate enough [about art]. You might her old works and pieces created for the lose... the passion [if you pursue art],” she senior project. said. Tran sees art as a stress-reliever. “I Tran started to draw when she was little. want to do [art] at home... It’s a way of “When [I] was younger I would draw and escaping [for me].” doodle on any surface I could find, like Minoring in art is a possibility for Tran, even tables and walls,” Tran said. Tran’s but she is very “unsure about everything” at dad could have been the starting spark for the moment. her passion; her dad is artistic with wood-
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Above: “Latin Princess,” a cultural self-portrait, was done with colored pencil. Niki Tran was awarded Honorable Mention in the Edmonds Art Festival last year. Below: “Home, Sweet Home,” was done with pencils. Tran referenced the picture form a photograph on MSNBC News.