ASAA All-State Art

Study of Joel Bedford

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(1st Place – Drawing)

Title of Art Piece: Study of Joel Bedford
Category: Drawing – 2015
Student/Artist’s Name: Katie Buchanan
School: Juneau-Douglas High School
Grade: 11th
Artist Statement: My focii in this piece were rendering convincing masculine features and creating believable, not “drawn-on,” freckles. I chose to experiment with layering ink, charcoal and graphite, aiming to achieve the depth and translucence of skin, and to unite the 3 drawing medium seamlessly. It was a challenging project that I hope you enjoy.
Artwork Dimensions: 9×12″
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Celebrating the Generations

Laura1
(Congressional Award)
(2nd Place – Drawing)

Title of Art Piece: Celebrating the Generations
Category: Drawing – 2015
Student/Artist’s Name: Laura Horton
School: East Anchorage High School
Grade: 11th
Artist Statement: This drawing represents generations in Alaska. It depicts a tree, my father, and myself. The layout of the drawing lets the viewer see, in a less obvious way, the number 100, because it is the 100th anniversary of the city of Anchorage. The people are wearing fur trimmed hoods to acknowledge the Native heritage in Alaska. It is drawn in graphite and white gel pen.
Artwork Dimensions: 18×22
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Queen of Ellamar

queen-of-ellamar
(3rd Place – Drawing)

Title of Art Piece: Queen of Ellamar
Category: Drawing – 2015
Student/Artist’s Name: Aubrea Stoltz
School: West Valley High School
Grade: 12th
Artist Statement: This pencil drawing took me a while to complete. It is of a good friend of mine when we were at Ellamar together.
Artwork Dimensions: 11 x 7.5
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Elrond

Bison
(Honorable Mention – Drawing)

Title of Art Piece: Elrond
Category: Drawing – 2015
Student/Artist’s Name: Aidan Barlow-Diemer
School: West Anchorage High School
Grade: 12th
Artist Statement: I am an IB Baccalaureate developing a portfolio on portraits of Alaskan Wildlife. The drawing of this wood bison derived from a photo that I took at the Wildlife Conservation Center. I free handed the outline of the bison and then used stippling to finish the image. This piece is important to me because it represents a piece of Alaskan culture and environment; the Wildlife Conservation Center’s annual release of wood bison into the interior of Alaska has a significance in representing our state’s relationship with our unique environment and wildlife.
Artwork Dimensions: 24 inches high x 20 inches wide
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Caught In Time

MeganDallas

Title of Art Piece: Caught In Time
Category: Drawing – 2015
Student/Artist’s Name: Megan Dallas
School: Thunder Mountain High School
Grade: 9th
Artist Statement: I love Fast Pitch! My assignment was to create a self portrait showing something about my personality. “I am caught”.
Artwork Dimensions: 18″ high X 24″ wide
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Bolex

Bolex

Title of Art Piece: Bolex
Category: Drawing – 2015
Student/Artist’s Name: Joseph Carr
School: Mat-Su Central
Grade: 12th
Artist Statement: I adore equipment and mechanisms from past eras. One of my many passions is collecting vintage film cameras and projectors. The pride and joy of my collection would be my beautiful Pollard Bolex 16mm camera. To me the precision, mechanical and aesthetic achievement represents an old beauty that combines form and functionality in a totally analog system of synchronized beauty. This rendering is my attempt to convey its intrinsic form and beauty.
Artwork Dimensions: 11 in High x 17 in Wide
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Change of Tides

EmmaBlueGirl

Title of Art Piece: Change of Tides
Category: Drawing – 2015
Student/Artist’s Name: Emma Zayon
School: Lathrop High School
Grade: 11th
Artist Statement: I enjoy drawing with colored pencils on dark paper because of the contrast and intensity of color I feel I can achieve. This piece is about the seasons changing from Winter to Spring.
Artwork Dimensions: 8″ high x 16″ wide
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Dandelions

Dandelions

Title of Art Piece: Dandelions
Category: Drawing – 2015
Student/Artist’s Name: MiAnna Dillon
School: Lathrop High School
Grade: 12th
Artist Statement: I used colored pencil to try create the light and airy feeling of the dandelion fluff. I enjoy texture, and trying to create the appearance of many textures with just colored pencil.
Artwork Dimensions: 8.5″high x 4.5″ wide
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Joseph Gordon-Levitt

LilyGrey

Title of Art Piece: Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Category: Drawing – 2015
Student/Artist’s Name: Lily Grey
School: Eagle River High School
Grade: 9th
Artist Statement: I think that the ability to capture a moment by creating a drawing is an amazing experience. I love to sit down a let my emotions out through a pencil. My drawings usually reflect myself in some way or another.
Artwork Dimensions: 11 Inches High x 8 Inches Wide
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Time Goes By

LivPedersen

Title of Art Piece: Time Goes By
Category: Drawing – 2015
Student/Artist’s Name: Liv Pedersen
School: Eagle River High School
Grade: 11th
Artist Statement: People tend to not appreciate the time and beauty they have. Time is what we want the most, but it’s also what we use the worst.
Artwork Dimensions: 15 Inches High x 10 Inches Wide
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Its Just an Octopus

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Title of Art Piece: “Its Just an Octopus”
Category: Drawing – 2015
Student/Artist’s Name: Megan Walker
School: Valdez High School
Grade: 11th
Artist Statement: I am intrigued with exotic colors and textures, especially in sea life creatures such as the octopus.
Artwork Dimensions: 8″x10″
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Wolf

Wolf

Title of Art Piece: Wolf
Category: Drawing – 2015
Student/Artist’s Name: Jamie Yerkes
School: Nikiski High School
Grade: 9th
Artist Statement: I chose to make my portrait of a wolf because I was attracted to the wolf’s qualities. Its fearlessness and brave attributes. Plus, it’s a great representation of an Alaskan animal.
Artwork Dimensions: 9X12 inches
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Indigo Dreams

ErinBuhler

Title of Art Piece: Indigo Dreams
Category: Drawing – 2015
Student/Artist’s Name: Erin Buhler
School: Thunder Mountain High School
Grade: 11th
Artist Statement: This piece is a combination of who I am, what I like. I love the color purple and chose this indigo color to go with the dark graphite. The decorative line work shows a part of me that is not tangible.
Artwork Dimensions: 18″ high X 24″ wide
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TMHS Falcon

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Title of Art Piece: TMHS Falcon
Category: Drawing – 2015
Student/Artist’s Name: Amanda Gassan
School: Thunder Mountain High School
Grade: 11th
Artist Statement: During five years of our school, we always used somebody’s falcon, taken from the internet. This year I created a falcon that became our school logo. I am very proud! To create the falcon, I merged three different reference photographs together and based on them drew the falcon image completely the way I wanted. I traced my new falcon creation, added color and incorporated thunder and lightning because we are Thunder Mountain High School! I had two layer font – one was white with a glow and the other was black.
Artwork Dimensions: 10 inches high x 8 inches wide
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Realistic Self Portrait

Rebecca

Title of Art Piece: Realistic Self Portrait
Category: Drawing – 2015
Student/Artist’s Name: Rebecca Seneff
School: Homer High School
Grade: 12th
Artist Statement: This is my realistic self portrait, based on exactly what I see of myself from the outside.
Artwork Dimensions: 12 x 9
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Friendship

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Title of Art Piece: Friendship
Category: Drawing – 2015
Student/Artist’s Name: Sophie Boerner
School: Dimond High School
Grade: 12th
Artist Statement: This was drawn from a selfie my friend took of us one winter evening.
Artwork Dimensions: 12×18″
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Ugly Selfies Series, #3

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Title of Art Piece: Ugly Selfies Series, #3
Category: Drawing – 2015
Student/Artist’s Name: Halley Turman
School: Juneau-Douglas High School
Grade: 11th
Artist Statement: Still in the works…
Artwork Dimensions: 12 inches high by 9 inches wide
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Miranda

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Title of Art Piece: Miranda
Category: Drawing – 2015
Student/Artist’s Name: Miranda Delkittie
School: Nondalton
Grade: 11th
Artist Statement: I wanted to experiment with a type of art I was unfamiliar with, so I decided to challenge myself with a self-portrait.
Artwork Dimensions: 8 x 12
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Charcoaled Hands

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Title of Art Piece: Charcoaled Hands
Category: Drawing – 2015
Student/Artist’s Name: Laurie Balstad
School: Juneau-Douglas High School
Grade: 10th
Artist Statement: Ballerina’s hold their hands like this. Charcoal is so messy, but it’s magical and exquisite, like ballet. I’m a dancer and I love charcoal!
Artwork Dimensions: 12×18
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Hatchet Design

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Title of Art Piece: Hatchet Design
Category: Drawing – 2015
Student/Artist’s Name: Travis Kahahawai
School: Colony High School
Grade: 12th
Artist Statement: This pristine ink drawing is of a hatchet with an environment with lots of small detail and lines.
Artwork Dimensions: 9 inches wide x 12 inches high
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Departing Soul

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Title of Art Piece: Departing Soul
Category: Drawing – 2015
Student/Artist’s Name: Nicole Breiting
School: Dimond High School
Grade: 10th
Artist Statement: We all have pondered the idea of what happens to our souls when they leave the body. The dramatic dark background with the smoke curling upward, makes us ponder.
Artwork Dimensions: 9×12
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Vigorous

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Title of Art Piece: Vigorous
Category: Drawing – 2015
Student/Artist’s Name: Kelsey Kroon
School: Dimond High School
Grade: 11th
Artist Statement: The bold ink matches the personality of the tiger: bold, unique, bright, and vigorous.
Artwork Dimensions: 9×12
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Sanz

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Title of Art Piece: Sanz
Category: Drawing – 2015
Student/Artist’s Name: Ana Cuco
School: Dimond High School
Grade: 10th
Artist Statement: I danced ballet since I was four, but had to stop several years ago. Dancing is in my heart and I will wear those shoes again.
Artwork Dimensions: 9×12
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Study of Joel Bedford

AllState_KatieBuchananStudyOfJoelBedford
(1st Place – Drawing)

Title of Art Piece: Study of Joel Bedford
Category: Drawing – 2015
Student/Artist’s Name: Katie Buchanan
School: Juneau-Douglas High School
Grade: 11th
Artist Statement: My focii in this piece were rendering convincing masculine features and creating believable, not “drawn-on,” freckles. I chose to experiment with layering ink, charcoal and graphite, aiming to achieve the depth and translucence of skin, and to unite the 3 drawing medium seamlessly. It was a challenging project that I hope you enjoy.
Artwork Dimensions: 9×12″
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Celebrating the Generations

Laura1
(Congressional Award)
(2nd Place – Drawing)

Title of Art Piece: Celebrating the Generations
Category: Drawing – 2015
Student/Artist’s Name: Laura Horton
School: East Anchorage High School
Grade: 11th
Artist Statement: This drawing represents generations in Alaska. It depicts a tree, my father, and myself. The layout of the drawing lets the viewer see, in a less obvious way, the number 100, because it is the 100th anniversary of the city of Anchorage. The people are wearing fur trimmed hoods to acknowledge the Native heritage in Alaska. It is drawn in graphite and white gel pen.
Artwork Dimensions: 18×22
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Queen of Ellamar

queen-of-ellamar
(3rd Place – Drawing)

Title of Art Piece: Queen of Ellamar
Category: Drawing – 2015
Student/Artist’s Name: Aubrea Stoltz
School: West Valley High School
Grade: 12th
Artist Statement: This pencil drawing took me a while to complete. It is of a good friend of mine when we were at Ellamar together.
Artwork Dimensions: 11 x 7.5
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Elrond

Bison
(Honorable Mention – Drawing)

Title of Art Piece: Elrond
Category: Drawing – 2015
Student/Artist’s Name: Aidan Barlow-Diemer
School: West Anchorage High School
Grade: 12th
Artist Statement: I am an IB Baccalaureate developing a portfolio on portraits of Alaskan Wildlife. The drawing of this wood bison derived from a photo that I took at the Wildlife Conservation Center. I free handed the outline of the bison and then used stippling to finish the image. This piece is important to me because it represents a piece of Alaskan culture and environment; the Wildlife Conservation Center’s annual release of wood bison into the interior of Alaska has a significance in representing our state’s relationship with our unique environment and wildlife.
Artwork Dimensions: 24 inches high x 20 inches wide
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Caught In Time

MeganDallas

Title of Art Piece: Caught In Time
Category: Drawing – 2015
Student/Artist’s Name: Megan Dallas
School: Thunder Mountain High School
Grade: 9th
Artist Statement: I love Fast Pitch! My assignment was to create a self portrait showing something about my personality. “I am caught”.
Artwork Dimensions: 18″ high X 24″ wide
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Bolex

Bolex

Title of Art Piece: Bolex
Category: Drawing – 2015
Student/Artist’s Name: Joseph Carr
School: Mat-Su Central
Grade: 12th
Artist Statement: I adore equipment and mechanisms from past eras. One of my many passions is collecting vintage film cameras and projectors. The pride and joy of my collection would be my beautiful Pollard Bolex 16mm camera. To me the precision, mechanical and aesthetic achievement represents an old beauty that combines form and functionality in a totally analog system of synchronized beauty. This rendering is my attempt to convey its intrinsic form and beauty.
Artwork Dimensions: 11 in High x 17 in Wide
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Change of Tides

EmmaBlueGirl

Title of Art Piece: Change of Tides
Category: Drawing – 2015
Student/Artist’s Name: Emma Zayon
School: Lathrop High School
Grade: 11th
Artist Statement: I enjoy drawing with colored pencils on dark paper because of the contrast and intensity of color I feel I can achieve. This piece is about the seasons changing from Winter to Spring.
Artwork Dimensions: 8″ high x 16″ wide
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Dandelions

Dandelions

Title of Art Piece: Dandelions
Category: Drawing – 2015
Student/Artist’s Name: MiAnna Dillon
School: Lathrop High School
Grade: 12th
Artist Statement: I used colored pencil to try create the light and airy feeling of the dandelion fluff. I enjoy texture, and trying to create the appearance of many textures with just colored pencil.
Artwork Dimensions: 8.5″high x 4.5″ wide
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Joseph Gordon-Levitt

LilyGrey

Title of Art Piece: Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Category: Drawing – 2015
Student/Artist’s Name: Lily Grey
School: Eagle River High School
Grade: 9th
Artist Statement: I think that the ability to capture a moment by creating a drawing is an amazing experience. I love to sit down a let my emotions out through a pencil. My drawings usually reflect myself in some way or another.
Artwork Dimensions: 11 Inches High x 8 Inches Wide
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Time Goes By

LivPedersen

Title of Art Piece: Time Goes By
Category: Drawing – 2015
Student/Artist’s Name: Liv Pedersen
School: Eagle River High School
Grade: 11th
Artist Statement: People tend to not appreciate the time and beauty they have. Time is what we want the most, but it’s also what we use the worst.
Artwork Dimensions: 15 Inches High x 10 Inches Wide
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Its Just an Octopus

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Title of Art Piece: “Its Just an Octopus”
Category: Drawing – 2015
Student/Artist’s Name: Megan Walker
School: Valdez High School
Grade: 11th
Artist Statement: I am intrigued with exotic colors and textures, especially in sea life creatures such as the octopus.
Artwork Dimensions: 8″x10″
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Wolf

Wolf

Title of Art Piece: Wolf
Category: Drawing – 2015
Student/Artist’s Name: Jamie Yerkes
School: Nikiski High School
Grade: 9th
Artist Statement: I chose to make my portrait of a wolf because I was attracted to the wolf’s qualities. Its fearlessness and brave attributes. Plus, it’s a great representation of an Alaskan animal.
Artwork Dimensions: 9X12 inches
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Indigo Dreams

ErinBuhler

Title of Art Piece: Indigo Dreams
Category: Drawing – 2015
Student/Artist’s Name: Erin Buhler
School: Thunder Mountain High School
Grade: 11th
Artist Statement: This piece is a combination of who I am, what I like. I love the color purple and chose this indigo color to go with the dark graphite. The decorative line work shows a part of me that is not tangible.
Artwork Dimensions: 18″ high X 24″ wide
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TMHS Falcon

Amanda-Gassan-contest

Title of Art Piece: TMHS Falcon
Category: Drawing – 2015
Student/Artist’s Name: Amanda Gassan
School: Thunder Mountain High School
Grade: 11th
Artist Statement: During five years of our school, we always used somebody’s falcon, taken from the internet. This year I created a falcon that became our school logo. I am very proud! To create the falcon, I merged three different reference photographs together and based on them drew the falcon image completely the way I wanted. I traced my new falcon creation, added color and incorporated thunder and lightning because we are Thunder Mountain High School! I had two layer font – one was white with a glow and the other was black.
Artwork Dimensions: 10 inches high x 8 inches wide
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Realistic Self Portrait

Rebecca

Title of Art Piece: Realistic Self Portrait
Category: Drawing – 2015
Student/Artist’s Name: Rebecca Seneff
School: Homer High School
Grade: 12th
Artist Statement: This is my realistic self portrait, based on exactly what I see of myself from the outside.
Artwork Dimensions: 12 x 9
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Friendship

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Title of Art Piece: Friendship
Category: Drawing – 2015
Student/Artist’s Name: Sophie Boerner
School: Dimond High School
Grade: 12th
Artist Statement: This was drawn from a selfie my friend took of us one winter evening.
Artwork Dimensions: 12×18″
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Ugly Selfies Series, #3

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Title of Art Piece: Ugly Selfies Series, #3
Category: Drawing – 2015
Student/Artist’s Name: Halley Turman
School: Juneau-Douglas High School
Grade: 11th
Artist Statement: Still in the works…
Artwork Dimensions: 12 inches high by 9 inches wide
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Miranda

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Title of Art Piece: Miranda
Category: Drawing – 2015
Student/Artist’s Name: Miranda Delkittie
School: Nondalton
Grade: 11th
Artist Statement: I wanted to experiment with a type of art I was unfamiliar with, so I decided to challenge myself with a self-portrait.
Artwork Dimensions: 8 x 12
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Charcoaled Hands

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Title of Art Piece: Charcoaled Hands
Category: Drawing – 2015
Student/Artist’s Name: Laurie Balstad
School: Juneau-Douglas High School
Grade: 10th
Artist Statement: Ballerina’s hold their hands like this. Charcoal is so messy, but it’s magical and exquisite, like ballet. I’m a dancer and I love charcoal!
Artwork Dimensions: 12×18
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Hatchet Design

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Title of Art Piece: Hatchet Design
Category: Drawing – 2015
Student/Artist’s Name: Travis Kahahawai
School: Colony High School
Grade: 12th
Artist Statement: This pristine ink drawing is of a hatchet with an environment with lots of small detail and lines.
Artwork Dimensions: 9 inches wide x 12 inches high
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Departing Soul

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Title of Art Piece: Departing Soul
Category: Drawing – 2015
Student/Artist’s Name: Nicole Breiting
School: Dimond High School
Grade: 10th
Artist Statement: We all have pondered the idea of what happens to our souls when they leave the body. The dramatic dark background with the smoke curling upward, makes us ponder.
Artwork Dimensions: 9×12
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Vigorous

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Title of Art Piece: Vigorous
Category: Drawing – 2015
Student/Artist’s Name: Kelsey Kroon
School: Dimond High School
Grade: 11th
Artist Statement: The bold ink matches the personality of the tiger: bold, unique, bright, and vigorous.
Artwork Dimensions: 9×12
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Sanz

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Title of Art Piece: Sanz
Category: Drawing – 2015
Student/Artist’s Name: Ana Cuco
School: Dimond High School
Grade: 10th
Artist Statement: I danced ballet since I was four, but had to stop several years ago. Dancing is in my heart and I will wear those shoes again.
Artwork Dimensions: 9×12
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