The Ghost of Fullerton’s Past Art Show gives FUHS students the opportunity to explore and showcase a more dark and eerie side of their artwork, as well as allowing students to experiment with different mediums such as photography, painting and sketching, sculpting and special effects.

Special FX Makeup

Being apart of the Biology Engineering Arts Science and Technology program (BEAST) was the perfect way to combine senior Emily Brezarich’s love for science and engineering with her love of creativity.

“I’m in my second year of BEAST now, so far it’s definitely more about the arts, whereas the first year was all about mechanical engineering,” Brezarich said. “It’s called BADE, so it’s all about biological engineering. We have been doing lots of sculpting projects. So far we have made a face, and an eye, and a few of those that we made Mr. Hudson featured them in the art gallery.”

Having had no idea that she would be a part of the Ghost of Fullerton’s Past Art Show, Brezarich was thrilled to be representing BEAST.

“I had no idea that I would be participating in the art show, I actually found out the day of the art show,” Brezarich said. “ Mr. Hudson called me and a few other into his class during class time and he did a demonstration on a student, it looked like she was in a car accident, her whole face was just ripped up.”

Brezarich who demonstrated the special effects makeup at the show on seniors Justin Rodriguez, Gilberto Negrete, and Leonardo Ramirez.

“It was a really exciting new experience because you are supposed to be messy and you learn by experimenting in different mediums,” said Brezarich.

BOO

Art has been a major aspect in senior Netana Christianson’s life since she was a young child.

“I have always wanted to be an artist, I remember in kindergarten I was that one weird kid who said ‘I want to be an artist when I grow up,’” said Christianson.  

Christianson noticed herself getting especially serious about art after entering high school since none of her previous schools offered any art classes or programs.

“I was always pretty good at drawing naturally, but with Mr. Hudson’s help I have been given so many opportunities to expand and grow as an artist,” said Christianson.

Christianson was inspired by Opal Jenkins for her painting in the Ghost of Fullerton’s Past Art Show.

“I called my painting ‘BOO’ because it was all kind of a surprise with the lighting and everything,” Christianson said. “It was not my original idea at all, I wanted to do a skeleton with the ghost of Opal Jenkins, because of her history with Fullerton. Unfortunately, the painting methods I was trying were not working at all. By the end of it I figured out a way to work with fluorescent paint, and I was able to make my piece look like a skeleton without the light and look human with it.”

Working with fluorescent paint for the first time was a particular challenge for Christianson, but she felt it was a cool way to convey a ghostly effect to her painting.

“I want to continue using fluorescent paint to give my artwork a ghostly, eerie vibe now that I have done this one, It really inspired me,” said Christianson.

“I have been looking at different art colleges, and a lot of them are pretty expensive, but if worst comes to worst, I’ll get through college and continue to pursue art after school.”

Handheld

Senior photo student, Jonathan Sanders wanted his piece for The Ghost of Fullerton’s Art Show to represent his expression as an artist.

“My piece for the art show is called ‘Handheld,’” Sanders said. “I wanted to do something with orbs to represent a ghost, to make it spooky. It didn’t really end up being spooky, but I like how it turned out.”

Sanders created this piece by having a friend hold a light on a string and spinning it around, using a long exposure. Although it was complicated at first and took many failed attempts to get it right, Sanders liked the way this photo turned out in the end.

“The background I had to darken because I didn’t want anything to take away from the orbs and the hands, so I darkened up the shadows back there.”

Trying not to sound like a cliche, Sanders believes art is a way for one to express themselves and what one feels.