Ariana Hallstrom – Fractured Echo

$500.00

Artist: Ariana Hallstrom
Title: Fractured Echo
Medium: Photoshop
Grade: 12th
School: Acalanes High School
Teacher: Christopher Busse
Price: $500

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Description

My piece captures the raw intensity of human emotion, depicting a woman with short hair frozen in a scream of horror and distress. Her expression conveys an overwhelming sense of fear, pain, and perhaps an unseen betrayal, immersing the viewer in the depths of her turmoil. I used Photoshop and created it with abstract textures that blend with realism. A moody greyscale palette, contrasted with deep blacks, blues, and striking reds enhances the dramatic and unsettling atmosphere. The use of digital layering techniques and manipulation of textures allows the artwork to have a tactile quality despite its digital nature, making it feel almost tangible – as if the woman’s scream is breaking through the confines of the medium.