Welcoming October with Allison Tippets and her Creepy Creations
Four Unique Friends
I’m just gonna jump right into my favorite thing that Allison showed me during our interview because I’ve been dying to share it with my readers.
Allison is a 19 year old artist who had the opportunity to create the following statues her senior year of high school.
“I had to do create a collective project over the course of four quarters that school year.”
“I made four human-animal hybrids; two octopus people, a fly person, and a bee person.”
“I started with chicken wire, paper mache, and then painted them and dressed them.”
Allison told me about this project when asked about what she was most proud of saying, “I wanted to bring them to life for shits and giggles since they were already so real to me.”
Coming out of the Box
If you know Allison’s art, you know she is known for thinking outside of the box.
During our interview I told her that I don’t think I could really give her a category but that I could definitely recognize one of her pieces if I saw it somewhere.
“My artwork shocks a lot of people, seeing the type of stuff I obviously think about. I think seeing how dark my art is, is what throws people back.”
“I don’t come off as a dark person,” She told me and honestly I agreed but did note that she had some badass eyeball earrings on.
All you Need is Art
Allison grew up in a small town as well as a very reserved background where she found herself hesitating to post or share any of her artwork for fear of what people might think or say.
“I moved down here (to Mesa) my sophomore year of high school. It was a bit of a culture shock going from a school of 400 kids in a school to 1200 kids.”
“I kept to myself a lot. I would draw all the time, as if it were a replacement for people so I didn’t feel alone.”
The Perks of Being an Artistic Wallflower
“I’m very shy, awkward, and introverted. People were nice at the school I went to luckily so they would invite me to hang out with them… I just didn’t want to because I was scared. Living in a small town you have stereo types for girls from larger towns, like valley girls, I was scared of being picked on for being weird.”
To anyone who may feel like the wallflower that Allison was in high school she says:
“You don’t need to fit in. You don’t need to go by the norms and be like a ‘regular’ high schooler.”
“I didn’t have a lot of friends back then and felt like I was missing out but in reality I was doing a lot of self-growth and don’t regret it whatsoever. Being the popular kid isn’t for everyone it’s okay to be yourself and do whatever you want to do. Life’s not like a high school movie, just do what you want to do.”
These are fun to look at. Art is what you make of it.
Allison, what a great article! You are an inspiration to my daughter who loves to draw the darker things.
Miss you Allison! So glad you are following your love of art!