A young Greensburg artist has her first solo show with the current Picture This at the Library exhibition in the Greensburg Hempfield Area Library.
Jasmine Lear, 24, who says she is self-taught through books, the internet and just drawing from life, is showing works in mediums including watercolor, gouache, alcohol marker, ink and graphite through April 15.
During a Feb. 21 reception, Lear said she has been making art since she was a child, and a big inspiration for her work was learning that the Disney films she enjoyed were “a bunch of drawings strung together.”
She works at Kamee’s Desserts, her mother’s Ligonier sweet shop, but says she is mostly focused on her art. One of her current projects is illustrating a children’s book.
“I really want to make my own stories, ideas I’ve had in my head for years that I want to bring to life,” Lear said. “I’ve thought, if I died, what would I be upset that I didn’t do, and that was it.”
She told reception guests about an earth-toned gouache painting titled “Out of Space,” depicting a helmeted astronaut in a crowd of faceless silhouettes. She said she drew on childhood feelings of playing with other kids but not really feeling part of the group.
Family members joining the artist were Kamee Lear, Ronald Hemminger, Skye Lear, Merry Lear and Kathleen Lear. Also seen: Diane Ciabattoni, Pat and Bob Majcher, Stacey Pydynkowski, Gloria Gonzalez, James Kuhns, Shirleah and Keith Kelly, Susan Wisneski, Barbara Park, Tami Krusper and Rose and Fred Sovyak.
