Tawny McEntire is an artist, writer, and environmental scientist. We talked extensivelyabout what interests her in art. I started off by asking about why she is interested in art,writing, and environmental science.She said that she was into drawing and writing. When she draws she draws sketchesand more realistic looking drawings. When she writes it’s more about fantasy. Then Iasked her why she is interested in writing and drawing, and she answered ”because it’salmost like taking a step back from reality and a way to create worlds just from yourmind, like you’re dreaming but you’re not asleep.” After that I asked her how long she’dbeen doing any form of art, she responded “ ever since I was little, I mean I like, havepoems from when I was like four not good ones but they were attempts”. I also asked ifshe had entered any competitions for her writing and she said “ yes I entered in theP.B.S. writers and illustrators contest” and she also stated that she won in thecompetition in fifth grade.After the interview she said something else that sparked my interest. She stated shealso is a wild flower guide. She goes out and tells people about flowers on hikes up tothe mountains for the Cottonwood Canyons Foundation.The reason she likesenvironmental science and writing is because and she stated ”I think it’s very importantto help people learn and to share the natural world” She has been a wild flower guidefor around four years now. Tawny stated the reason she does these hikes and all thework to learn about flowers is because environmental science interests her.” She in factis taking AP environment science right now. She said “I would consider it as a career
option, but I would mostly want to be a children’s author. That is what I mainly want to
do.”