Watercolor Paintings
By Chloe Onorato, American University, D.C.
When Chloe won the 2017 Skipping Stones Youth Honor Award for Hope Cards (stationery she designs and sells to benefit children in need in the U.S. and developing world), she realized that young people can be a force for good and make a positive impact on the world. Since winning the award, Chloe has graduated magna cum laude from the University of Notre Dame, where she majored in Honors Creative Writing and minored in Studio Art. She is now earning an MFA from the American University in D.C.
After taking a class on watercolor painting, Chloe fell in love with the delicate, expressive medium. Her admiration of nature in repose and the serenity of untouched winter landscapes led to her study of snowscapes near her Midwestern campus. Her bird watercolors were inspired by Emily Dickinson’s poem “’Hope’ is the thing with feathers” which resonated deeply with her during the COVID pandemic years. Chloe believes nature provides boundless inspiration for artists and writers alike.
“Snowy Path” This artwork was also published last spring in Re:Visions, one of Notre Dame’s literary magazines.
“A Male Cardinal”
“Eastern Bluebird”
“Frozen Field in the Midwest”
“Snowy Shores” Watercolor artist Chloe Onorato is a graduate student at the American University in D.C.