Janine Wilson’s Story

Janine Wilson

There are two figures in Janine Wilson’s portrait of her grandmother.   At the top corner is an older woman in blue pastel.  “This is how I remember my grandma.  She had Alzheimers Disease for most of my life, so I didn’t know what her real personality was like.  She died a few years ago.” The figure in the bottom of the page shows a smiling younger woman.  “This is the way I want to picture my grandma,” said Janine, 15, a Junior at Dos Pueblos High School. “ My aunt told me stories about my grandma while we were looking through her photos.  My grandma was a Special Education teacher who figured out how to teach her Junior High Students to read. I wish I’d known her then.” Janine created her unusual portrait in Diana Hensley’s Advanced Placement art class.

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