Stumbling into art, Collins-Fernandez '09 deconstructs painting
Joanne Cheung / The Dartmouth Editor's Note: This is the second installment in a three-part series profiling senior honors candidates in studio art. When she was a child, Gabriela Collins-Fernandez '09 often brought her friends to New York museums for three- or four-hour playdates. Now as an artist at Dartmouth, she rebels against the masters she admired in those days, stripping paintings down to their basic elements and piecing them back together in her work. Collins-Fernandez '09, a candidate for honors in studio art, strives to redefine the medium of painting by separating the traditional elements such as oils, acrylics and finishings.





