Throughout this piece, the poet makes use of several literary devices. These include but are not limited to:

You started your art career at a fairly young age. Was there someone in your family who encouraged you to pursue the arts? Personification: the speaker personifies the mirror, suggesting that it is intrinsically untrustworthy. One has to assume that it’s going to lie to them, she suggests. I'll probably try to finish the series, because I hear the next two are most optimistic. I am definitely interested in seeing her growth as a person, and I think if I saw the overarching development of her character, I would relate to these poems much more. Chinese Zodiac: Erin Hanson was born in the Year of the Rabbit. People born under this sign are nice and good-mannered. They're always forgiving of other people's mistakes, which at times can translate to naivete and gullibility. The poem starts with the speaker telling whoever is reading the poem to remember that mirrors are untrustworthy. They show someone looking into them what’s on the surface. But, they have no access to what’s inside one’s mind or heart. Nor can they see “you” when you’re living in the happiest moments of life or sleeping peacefully. One should be wary of basing their self-worth off of what they see in the mirror.This was the first poetry book that I have read since Shell Silverstein, and I absolutely loved it! I first found Erin Hanson online, and was happy to find that she had full books of her poetry. She writes in a very personal way that is easy to connect with. By using imagery and alliteration, Hanson crafts incredible stories and vignettes. The topics can be a bit cringe & Tumblr-deep that's why I'm only giving this book 4/5 stars but honestly Erin Hanson is such an underrated poet. Love love love poetry that actually rhymes as opposed to modern popular free verse poetry. It takes so much thought and intention to convey a meaning so precisely in sentences that rhyme (added difficulty!) and it takes talent and taste to present it in such a beautiful artistic manner. I can only dream of having such a way with words and such an immaculate sense of timing. Even though the book had no theme and was a rather random collection of Hanson's poetry ( just like #1) I liked the clean format and the switches between longer and shorter poems, although that is nothing special.

I've read once two of her poems to an elderly friend of mine. She had tears in her eyes after reading them. Imagery: occurs when the poet uses particularly interesting descriptions. These should evoke an image in the reader’s mind and inspire them to use their senses. For example, “You can’t see how your eyelids flutter, / When you’re drifting off to sleep.” Hanson is credited as the pioneer and originator of "Open Impressionism," a style of painting that encompasses wide brush strokes and an alla prima technique where the paint is applied wet on wet without letting earlier layers dry. [1] During an interview, Hanson said, "I am not trying to re-create a photograph, I am trying to get my viewers to open their eyes and see their world a little differently." [4] Hanson's typical style mixes paint from a limited palette of four or five colors with minimal brush strokes. Hanson has said her creative process starts with hours of preparation before she begins painting. During an interview, Hanson said she takes dozens of reference photos, which she can later use in the studio before she paints. [5] Subjects and influences [ edit ] I started writing silly little poems when I was around 11, but I didn’t take it seriously until I started my blog in 2011. Erin Hanson: Reassurance in Flaws The name Erin Hanson is one many have not heard. The young poets ideas spread confidence, self love, and acceptance. Her young age allows her to connect with her audience in ways many her fellow poets can not. For example in her poem non-officially titled “People are not poetry” Hanson covers the many struggles of being human. However; instead of focusing on the negative, she turns the spotlight on accepting what makes each one of us different. This interesting turn makes for some fascinating works of literature and life lessons. Style and tone, symbolism, and metaphorical language communicate embracing individualism in Erin Hanson's poetry. To begin, Hanson expresses embracing individualism in her poems …show more content…Some of my favorite poems from this book are Monsters, Empty Spaces, and Welcome to Society. While these are some of the more depressing poems in the collection, I found that they spoke to me the most. Likely because of the classic rhyme scheme that reminded me of the children's poetry books that I used to read. But I also found that the way Hanson talks about mental heath and some of the "Monsters" that are in here head were a perfect way to describe the way that many kids in my generation are feeling. I went to a small private school, where I graduated high school at age 16. For 10 years at this school I had the same art instructor. Aside from valuable lessons in technique and theory, the most important thing I learned was to open my eyes and draw objects as they really were, not draw my assumptions about them. We did a LOT of drawing and painting from nature and still life, and I did hundreds of repetitions of drawing my own face in the mirror or drawing my own hand holding the drawing pencil, drawing itself on the paper (M.C. Escher style). It was all this practice painting realism that allowed me to eventually simplify the complexity of what I was seeing and develop the minimalist approach that I have today. NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM OF LOS ANGELES.California Art Club's 107th Annual Gold Medal Exhibition.Los Angeles, CA. 2018 Open Impressionism is best described as abstracted, contemporary impressionism. The brush strokes are loose and expressive, conveying a sense of movement and transient light. Because the brush strokes are applied alla-prima, without layering, the paintings have a mosaic or stained-glass quality. The underpainting is allowed to appear through the brush strokes, giving the painting a sense of underlying light. I did not have any professional artists in my family, but my parents are both musicians and I learned very early that practice makes perfect. My dad suggested to me that I draw 5 life drawings every day, to develop the skill and confidence I needed to become a painter. I took this advice to heart, and I firmly believe that the best way to learn to paint is to paint every day and perfect your skills by practice and doingness (not just by studying concepts!).

Now, of course there are poems in here that are better than the others - but that's to be expected. You're not going to love every single one equally. Though I will say, they are all beautiful and I didn't dislike any of them. If we read these lines closely, we can understand that Hanson is telling us to appreciate ourselves just like we would appreciate anyone else dear to us. Often, we observe the small things in the people we love. We observe their mannerisms and behavior and fall in love with them repeatedly for the small things they do or say. While reading these lines of the poem, it almost feels like Hanson is urging the readers to love themselves the way we love others. Erin Hanson was born in 1990s. The 1990s is often remembered as a decade of peace, prosperity and the rise of the Internet (World Wide Web). In 1992 the first text message was sent, DVDs were invented, Sony PlayStation was released and Google was founded. Oh, and the Soviet Union fell and boy bands ruled the music charts. Discover what happened on this day.

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My painting technique is done with expressive color and loose brush strokes, in a wet-on-wet technique known as alla prima. Alla prima comes from Italian, literally meaning 'at first attempt' and is loosely applied to any painting that is done in a direct, expressive style. When you look through your own portfolio, is there one specific painting that stands out amongst the rest?

The first step is to decide which elements I want to focus on in my painting. For example, I could decide to focus on a brilliant sunset sky, in which case I would make the foreground indistinct and dark by contrast. I could focus on the different colors I see beneath the waves in a coastal painting: here I would dramatize the size of the waves and the various hues of green, turquoise, blue, and purple, using the white foam as contrast. I might focus on the abstract shapes of light I see between the branches of an ancient oak tree. In this case I would select which branches to paint that would make the most interesting series of negative spaces. I compose all my paintings to communicate a specific focus within the landscape. Did you receive any valuable advice from art instructors along the way that still serves you today?I like to experiment with my paintings, trying different techniques and effects with the paint to create a more stunning visual image. One painting that I experimented with turned out so well that it influenced my style from then on out. This painting was called Crystal Light, painted in 2013. I loved the way the tree branches formed a mosaic, stained glass imagery, perfectly communicating the way I perceive light filtering through trees. Erin Hanson is an Oregon-based artist, considered to be the originator of painting style called "Open Impressionism." [1] Her landscape paintings have been shown internationally and at solo and group exhibitions and museums worldwide. I must add, though there wasn't a book where I appreciated all of the poems, I do find more poems I love in Hanson's books than in any other. Erin Hanson’s mother’s name is unknown at this time and her father’s name is under review. We will continue to update information on Erin Hanson’s parents.