{"id":44184,"date":"2017-02-20T14:55:09","date_gmt":"2017-02-20T19:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/?p=44184"},"modified":"2022-09-26T10:43:56","modified_gmt":"2022-09-26T14:43:56","slug":"an-artistic-reality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2017\/02\/20\/an-artistic-reality\/","title":{"rendered":"An artistic reality"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Bethany Faile, a senior art major at Wright State University, uses photography and painting to interpret the world around her. (Photos by Chris Snyder)<\/p><\/div>\n

Bethany Faile, a senior art major<\/a> at Wright State University, finds artistic ways to showcase life\u2019s unseen moments to illustrate their unforgettable importance.<\/p>\n

\u201cI love to paint \u2026 but before I got to Wright State, I didn\u2019t realize what kind of work painting was,\u201d Faile said. \u201cIt takes a lot of concentration and you have to be super patient.\u201d<\/p>\n

And when she reaches the finished work, she enjoys seeing how all the details came together to make a piece of art and remembering why she chose to major in it.<\/p>\n

Faile finds beauty in painting faces.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re just the thing that we connect with. \u2026 I always catch myself drawing faces. It\u2019s what I\u2019ve done ever since I was little,\u201d she said. \u201cI try to create life in my painting, and with that try to show different sides of life that might not always be visible to the eye.\u201d<\/p>\n

Through photography, she interprets life differently.<\/p>\n

\u201cPainting and drawing is a lot about taking what is real and interpreting it myself,\u201d said Faile. \u201cWith photography, you\u2019re dealing with the reality, whereas, painting is dealing with fantasy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Faile grew up in North Carolina and Florida before moving to Ohio. She lives with her father, David Faile, a pastor at First Baptist Church of Kettering, and her mother, MaryBeth Faile, a former American Sign Language instructor at Wright State, and four siblings. She has a brother who also attends Wright State and her youngest two siblings are adopted from the deaf community in China.<\/p>\n

Having siblings who are internationally adopted and deaf brings new challenges and compassion Faile hasn\u2019t had before. She has observed emotional and mental scars in her adopted siblings.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\u201cThe fact that they\u2019re adopted has put this love in my heart,\u201d Faile said. \u201cAdoption is an option. It\u2019s one of the hardest things you could ever do, but it taught me a lot of how much God loves everybody, and how we should imitate his love by giving these kids a better chance of living this life fully.\u201d<\/p>\n

Since her siblings were adopted, Faile has also learned a new art \u2014 sign language. She has also been able to better communicate with a deaf uncle.<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t talk to him a lot, and this year I\u2019ve had full conversations with my uncle for the first time, which is pretty exciting,\u201d she said. \u201cI enjoy being able to speak another language.\u201d<\/p>\n

Faile also translates for deaf customers while working at Chick-Fil-A.<\/p>\n

Sign language is an affective part of her life, similar to the still life she captures when photographing everyday life.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe reality of photography is what makes it beautiful to me, because it can be a simple picture of a sink or food at a dinner table or my brother doing his homework,\u201d Faile said. \u201cBut I think it\u2019s rather beautiful since it\u2019s a moment in time that actually happened.\u201d<\/p>\n

Faile\u2019s passion for creating doesn\u2019t end there. She has filmed several wedding for friends and other types of movies. She also helps in her church\u2019s youth group and sings in her church\u2019s worship band.<\/p>\n

Faile is still discovering the direction she would like to take to further her interest in art.<\/p>\n

\u201cI like creating in many different ways,” she said, “but this year I am mainly focusing in on painting and photography.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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