My sister is/was a painting major…but she also dabbled in sculpture and she’s been writing zines for eight years. For her senior thesis, she interviewed 10 people about what they thought about feminism, body issues, sexism in society, their achievements, and wherever else the conversation might lead to. She created a piece for each individual–a painting, drawing, or sculpture. Then she published her interviews in a zine (which she’ll be selling at 2007 Zine Symposium alongside my Kindergarten Underground Vol. 2).

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It’s important to note that all of her drawings and paintings were huge, 5 ft by 4 ft renderings. Most of the paintings were mounted on wood. I’m pretty sure the drawings were done with pastels:
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I’m so proud of my sister. Her work stood out amongst the tons of other graduates in the gallery. I’m steadily making my way through her zine, and while it’s difficult, (she reveals very personal information about herself), it’s truly a remarkable piece of work. Maybe, her best zine ever…

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Check out the hands on this fellow; Gina said he has a degenerative disease that effects his limbs. I think she truly captured that in this illustration:

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Here’s the lucky lady getting ready to graduate:

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I know I’ve already mentioned this but words can’t describe how proud I am of my sister. I’ve already offered my house for an art showing in the Fall. Gina plans on moving Seattle for a year before applying to grad schools and I want to support her as much I can.
Sigh…they grow up so fast.