Nina Cober; “Mother Nature”
- Escribe Maria
- May 18, 2022
- 2 min read
Artist Feature: Nina Cober / Art / Class of 2022
By Madison Alexander
Nina Cober is a current St. Mary's Academy senior. When asked by Escribe Maria about her piece “Mother Nature,” Cober wrote, “This oil painting is a composition of all my aspirations for the future. Our earth is so worn out and seems so tired, so I wanted to personify it as a friend of mine, who is currently attending a different high school as a junior. Her age along with her expression was what I wanted to capture, the sorrow of our generation that can be reflected in the oil spills, exploitation, and mass atrocities ongoing on this earth. We see her sorrow and her pain, yet her beauty is what we are ultimately left with. The flowers in her hair symbolizing all that is good still left on this earth, the good that we still have to protect. This piece is more of a reflection of the future I want to see, where the flowers can thrive and her beauty is respected, where her legacy is remembered along with the hardships she has endured."
Cober finds that her inspiration "usually comes from random places" and adds, "It can come from a house I see as I’m walking my dog, a song I just listened to, even a video game I just played. It’s pretty inconsistent, but it’s always a product of creative drive. I never really know what I’m creating until I see the pieces coming together.” This piece was Nina’s response to her Sustained Investigation question for AP Studio Art: “How does sorrow manifest in our society?” She notes, “I’ve learned over the years that disorganization leads to unsatisfactory art. In order to curb that, I started writing down my themes and ideas and collecting all my reference photos instantly as I think up a new piece. This doesn’t mean my work always goes as planned, it usually just starts me on the right path and as I get more comfortable and messier with my art, it becomes the finished work, a variation of my original idea."
“Mother Nature” is featured in the 2021-2022 edition of Escribe Maria.
Comments