Arianna Sikorski
Poet • Artist • Traveler
In 2005 my camera was stolen in Mauritius while traveling. With no ability to snap a picture, my sketch pad became my camera. I only made quick 5-10 min. sketches of where I was, or what caught my eye, but a story or memory was captured in every sketch and that made the images all the more precious. After that first experience, world sketches continue to grow as I try to keep a sketch pad with me whenever I travel.
They are no great works of art, they are quick personalized moments gained in places sometimes photography cannot go – and through these sketches I receive ownership over that area, that moment, and create an invitation to meet others along the way.
World Sketches
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Chile, Bolivia, & Peru
8.5" x 5.5"
pen ink on paper
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6" x 4"
watercolor pencil and pen ink on paper
2016
A month visit traveling around Chile, Bolivia, and Peru.
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New Zealand & Tasmania
8" x 4.5"
pen ink on paper
colored pencil on paper
2014-2015
Over a year of solo travel in New Zealand spent working on organic farms through the World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms program plus a month in Tasmania.
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Taiwan
8" x 4.5"
pen ink on paper
2013
Spontaneous trip to Taipei to visit a friend of mine and have an arts retreat for poetic inspiration.
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New Zealand & Australia
8" x 4.5"
pen ink on paper
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6" x 4"
watercolor pencil and pen ink on paper
2013
Before the Lord of the Rings craze, I planned to move to New Zealand my sophomore year in college. Thankfully, my roommate convinced me to finish my education first. To celebrate my 30th birthday, however, I decided to travel to New Zealand and Australia on my own to bring in the new decade. I began the trip with an unplanned layover stop in Fiji where I was able to get out and watch the sunrise over the mountains while dipping my feet into the water... a perfect start to a new time of life. It was quite an adventure!
Egypt
8.5" x 5.5"
pen ink on paper
2012
A girlfriend of mine and I traveled alone to Egypt a year after the 2011 Revolution. We had 30 minutes to run through the Egyptian Museum where photographs are not allowed and only a drive through Tahrir Square during protests. Burned out buildings next to a place of ancient history is an indescribable moment.
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Sweden and Latvia
8.5" x 5.5"
pen ink on paper
2012
My aunt and I traveled on a European cruise to Sweden, Finland, Latvia and Poland to visit and explore my family's Polish heritage.
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South Africa
8.5" x 5.5"
graphite pencil on paper
2008
A visit to friends and vineyards in Capetown.
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Alaska
8" x 4.5"
pen ink on paper
2013
Born and raised in Alaska, I returned after 14 years to revisit childhood destinations and the cabin my parents' built where I grew up.
California
8" x 4.5"
pen ink on paper
My sketches are for travel, but sometimes I find a moment in Los Angeles to grab a scene or two where I live.
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