GIVING PUPILS NEW LOOK AT ART; MURALIST EXPANDS KIDS' VIEW AT CAMPUS IN THOUSAND OAKS.Byline: Kevin F. Sherry Daily News Staff Writer Anna Parris put a banana tree in her mural mural Painting applied to and made integral with the surface of a wall or ceiling. Its roots can be found in the universal desire that led prehistoric peoples to create cave paintings—the desire to decorate their surroundings and express their ideas and beliefs. because the children call her ``Anna Banana.'' But at the beginning of the three weeks that it took her to paint the mural at Park Oaks Elementary School elementary school: see school. , children were wary of the wildly contrasting shapes she was putting up on the wall. ``At the beginning the kids were saying, `What is she doing?' '' said fourth-grade teacher Sue Peelle. Eventually, a crowd gathered to watch the mural evolve. ``It started out with just a couple children gathering around,'' Peelle said. ``Before you know it, you couldn't even see Anna Parris in the crowd.'' On Wednesday, students at Park Oaks bid farewell to the grandmother-artist who brought more than color into their school and lives, and dedicated the mural she painted for the school. As she strolled the campus Wednesday morning, Parris gave smiles and hugs to children who came her way. Greetings of ``Hi, girlfriend,'' and ``You're the man, you're the bomb'' peppered the conversations. Parris said that she hopes her mural, which features the school's new panther panther, name commonly applied to the leopard, especially to a black leopard. It is also used locally to designate various other cats including the jaguar and the puma. mascot MASCOT - Modular Approach to Software Construction Operation and Test: a method for software design aimed at real-time embedded systems from the Royal Signals and Research Establishment, UK. , will demonstrate to children the important lesson that ``people who don't even know them care about what happens to them.'' The school paid less than $200 for the high-gloss acrylic paint Parris used to create her mural. Parris said she will donate her talents to any other school willing to pay for the paint. Right now, she's in the middle of painting a mural at University Elementary School in Thousand Oaks Thousand Oaks, residential city (1990 pop. 104,352), Ventura co., S Calif., in a farm area; inc. 1964. Avocados, citrus, vegetables, strawberries, and nursery products are grown. . Parris drew more than 60 models for the panther featured in the mural. The black, lounging big cat has streaks of purple in his coat. ``I wanted to do a modern kind of a trippy guy,'' she said. ``I'm really trying to send a message of happiness.'' The mural depicts a panther lounging on a green checkerboard checkerboard the pattern of a chess or draft board; used in many circumstances to display the results of mixing a specific number of variables. The variables are listed in columns designated along the horizontal border and the same or different variables in lines along the vertical knoll, surrounded by multicultural children peeking from behind giant leaves. The work combines realism, cubism cubism, art movement, primarily in painting, originating in Paris c.1907. Cubist Theory Cubism began as an intellectual revolt against the artistic expression of previous eras. and impressionism impressionism, in painting impressionism, in painting, late-19th-century French school that was generally characterized by the attempt to depict transitory visual impressions, often painted directly from nature, and by the use of pure, broken color to , and uses bold, contrasting colors in geometric patterns. Parris, who has six children and eight grandchildren GRANDCHILDREN, domestic relations. The children of one's children. Sometimes these may claim bequests given in a will to children, though in general they can make no such claim. 6 Co. 16. , said she hopes children come away with three lessons from her artwork: ``To be happy, to seek peace and to love one another.'' Parris said she's not very good at traditional teaching methods, and prefers to instruct by example. After the morning ceremony, she visited the classroom of teacher Peelle to guide her class in their drawing of an orange, a pear and a banana. On this particular morning, Parris decided that the shape of the orange in her own drawing would be square. Parris helped the students see beyond the normal boundaries of art, Peelle said. But the task wasn't easy. Because of their experience with Parris, Peelle sees more of each child's personality reflected in the artwork they drew Wednesday. ``I think they're working with the colors a lot more,'' she said. ``She's just drawn them out.'' Parris said she just liked to show the children that sometimes panthers are purple and oranges are square. ``I just try to open up some new ideas "New Ideas" is the debut single by Scottish New Wave/Indie Rock act The Dykeenies. It was first released as a Double A-side with "Will It Happen Tonight?" on July 17, 2006. The band also recorded a video for the track. to them,'' she said. ``There's no right or wrong to art. Anything they do is perfect and wonderful.'' CAPTION(S): 3 Photos PHOTO (1--color in Conejo edition only) Anna Parris was honored Wednesday for a mural she painted for Park Oaks Elementary School in Thousand Oaks. (2--color in Conejo edition only) Park Oaks Principal Leean Nemeroff joins Parris as the artist wipes away a tear while kids sing songs praising her and her painting. (3--ran in Conejo edition only) Anna Parris listens as student leader Martin Reynoso reads a congratulatory proclamation. Bob Halvorsen/Daily News |
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