Amaranthia Sepia Gittens-Jones |
Published: July 14th, 2015
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15 year old Amaranthia Sepia (Eternal Brown Flower) Gittens-Jones is a homeschooled artist. She attended Pal International School and Nischimachi International School, Tokyo, Japan 2004-2006. Currently, Amaranthia is homeschooled in the USA. Amaranthia gave herself the artist name'AmaSepia Chan' at age eight and declared her purpose: to become an artist. She has been on a focused and disciplined mission to achieve her goal since then. Her artist name was a combination of part of her first name and middle name. She adopted 'Chan' from the Japanese language. The honorific title is usually used for girls. Amaranthia now uses 'AmaSepia' or 'Sepia' as her signature. She has studied with acclaimed artist Ian Torney and teacher Sylvia Brofos of Kimball Art School, Concord, NH. She has taken illustration classes with Australian artist and teacher Kim Roth. Amaranthia was awarded a full scholarship at Kimball Jenkins at age 12. She attended art classes, including adult classes, since then. Amaranthia is a monthly guest blogger for Iamthatgirl.com a non-profit organization for the empowerment of teens and young women. She makes yearly art donations to help individuals and charitable organizations. Her store Foxes And Things on Etsy was opened in March 2015. The 'fox themed' store was inspired by her love of Japanese 'foxlore' and mythology. Amaranthia is a homeschooled onli student. Foxes And Things Etsy was part of an Experential Learning Opportunity (ELO) in her English 2 curriculum this past school year.
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