BIOGRAPHY
WHO AM I?
Born in 2001 in Amarillo, Texas, and raised in Carmel, Indiana, Sophia Treasure is a traditional and digital painter specializing in figure painting, portraiture, and character design. She graduated from Indiana University in 2023 with a Bachelor of Arts in Studio Art and a Bachelor of Arts in International Studies. She has shown her work locally at the Walter Center for Career Achievement and the Waldron Center for Art in Bloomington, Indiana.
Sophia has been an artist ever since she could hold crayons, but it was not until college that she accepted that it was her passion. Some traditional mediums she enjoys are oil paint, chalk pastel, charcoal, and clay. She also enjoys working digitally with Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, and Clip Studio Paint.
WHAT DO I DO?
“A sketch has charm because of its truth - not because it is unfinished.” -Charles Webster Hawthorne, 1960.
This quote has always resonated with my work and with myself. I love sketching. I love sketching people, I love sketching myself, and I love sketching little characters that pop into my mind when I’m doing something else. I have notebooks whose margins are filled with doodles and sketches, and sometimes I prefer the charm of them to my finished work. I think this connects to my passion for conceptual art. I draw moods, styles, and emotions, and the sketch is the rawest form of these subjects. If it doesn’t look right, or if it doesn’t match what’s in my head, then I start over. I try again. And again. Eventually, I get it right and that’s what I love.
When I draw portraits, I want to be able to capture that part of them– their truth. In addition to this, my work explores storytelling through color and figurative characteristics, and my goal in any character design is to imply a clear mood, trope, and unique identity. Some themes and genres I engage in are opulence, gender, science fiction, and popular media archetypes.