Juror and Featured Artist: Hope Wible​​
 

Artist Bio

Born in Shelburn Indiana, Hope Wible is an artist who creates pieces that mix several mediums. These range from traditional oil paints to simple office supplies, as she attempts to utilize the world around her. Coming from a family of artists Hope’s life has been centered around creation from a young age. Hope received her Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Geosciences and minored in Studio Arts in December 2023. She is pursuing a career and lifestyle in creation, sustainability, environmentalism, and awareness. Hope is looking for a chance to turn things in life that may be hard to face, into something thought-provoking and memorable. 

After several years of marketing, she is switching career fields to focus on writing, painting, and making a difference.

Artist Statement

Life is so fundamentally contrived, complex, overwhelming, mundane, and beautiful all at the same time. During the most nauseatingly boring work commute, you can catch a glimpse of a sunset you’ll never forget. Drunken on a Saturday night, slouched on the toilet at some dodgy bar, you can read unforgettable conversations between strangers on a bathroom wall in Sharpie.  In the alleyway taking your dog to walk, you see profanity splattered on the bricks, and it’s somehow done so tastefully. There’s beauty in that abandoned warehouse, there’s beauty in the powerlines over your head, and there’s a ketchup stain on your shirt that somehow has taken the shape of heart. Everything, in one way or another is connected, and can be perceived in a multitude of ways. It’s all about perspective. We are all created by atoms and carbon. Life is what you make of it, or, what it makes of you.