Artist Spotlight: Anisha Pulla
Photo used with permission of Anisha Pulla
Junior Anisha Pulla finishes up a custom-made birthday card for a friend.
October 3, 2022
By day, junior Anisha Pulla is a studious and hardworking student, yet by night she is an artist who spends time honing her drawing abilities, translating her perceptions of different aspects of the world into original creations.
What are some of your biggest artistic influences?
My biggest influence would be listening to music because there are lots of emotions and subjects to transform into painting when listening to any kind of music.
How do you develop your art skills?
The way I gauge whether a piece is good is if others can feel the emotion I tried to depict in the image. Since I have only now started focusing on my art, I improve by just practicing and constantly trying new material or starting new pieces.
Where do you find inspiration?
For me, I have always loved art and I find beauty in the scenes around me. There’s always a situation where you feel connected with your emotions and that’s when I take a mental screenshot to use for later.
When is your favorite time of day to create?
I usually work on my art late at night alone in my art/storage room because it’s quiet and I can work peacefully and privately.
What motivates you to create?
In my daily life I notice myself taking pictures of images or scenes I want to use as reference for later. Usually my vision for what the end result might look like is what motivates me to start.
Does art help you in other areas of your life?
Art also helps me with my writing and reading abilities because I am able to put the words that I write or read into a picture.
How do you define success as an artist?
Nothing but practice and experimenting helps with becoming a better artist. Everything you create is in [your own hands], so the more you put into it, the more your art skills develop.
![Many museums, like the National Museum of African Art and the National Museum of Asian Art, were constructed for the sole purpose of displaying underrepresented artists in the United States, but those pieces are rarely featured in well-known museums. Feminist artists and people of color (POC) often inspire others through their expressive creations. At the Smithsonian American Art Museum, a diverse amount of cultures and feminist art can be found, including this one, which was located in the museums Feminist Exhibit.
“I’ve always been more into female artists because I recognized how, in my life, a lot of the teachers are male or the art I [studied] was always white male art,” art history teacher Terilynn Thomas said. “It was interesting how the females are always the add-on or the tail end of white American or European artists.”](https://chantillynews.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Feminism-Quote-Howardena-Pindell-e1637014763555-475x320.jpg)
![Many museums, like the National Museum of African Art and the National Museum of Asian Art, were constructed for the sole purpose of displaying underrepresented artists in the United States, but those pieces are rarely featured in well-known museums. Feminist artists and people of color (POC) often inspire others through their expressive creations. At the Smithsonian American Art Museum, a diverse amount of cultures and feminist art can be found, including this one, which was located in the museums Feminist Exhibit.
“I’ve always been more into female artists because I recognized how, in my life, a lot of the teachers are male or the art I [studied] was always white male art,” art history teacher Terilynn Thomas said. “It was interesting how the females are always the add-on or the tail end of white American or European artists.”](https://chantillynews.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Feminism-Quote-Howardena-Pindell-e1637014763555-300x202.jpg)
