Art that catches the eye

The Independent went to the Huntington Beach Art Center to ask

children, “Who is your favorite artist?”

“I don’t really know a lot of them, but I’ve seen Van Gogh and he

is really cool. Because he expands on his paintings like no other

artist does.”

JIANNA BONOMI, 10

Westminster

“Escher ... the reflection pictures.”

JESSICA HURTADO, 12

Huntington Beach

“Vincent Van Gogh because he does really good pictures and he is a

really good artist. He’s just neat and cool.”

ALLYSSA TALBOTT, 10

Westminster

“M.C. Escher because of the tessellations he makes. It looks like

something else but it’s really a different thing.”

EMELEINE RICHARDS, 10

Huntington Beach

“I don’t know his name, I forgot it. But he does dots for

paintings and just uses a million dots to make a big painting and it

turns out to be a bunch of people or something. But when you look

close, it’s just dots.”

SHANNON BERGELEND, 11

Huntington Beach

-- Interviews and photos compiled by Coral Wilson