Regional Winner and CWU Scholarship Winner

“Freedom’s Duality” by Hannah Roberts

12th Grade, Oak Harbor High School, Teacher: Kit Christopherson

From the artist: I was inspired by the concept of freedom, and how everyone has a different definition for it. I wanted to embody the feeling of freedom, while still portraying the feeling of being watched, preyed on in hindsight.

Regional Winner

“Two Sided Imagination” by Mila Jackson

10th Grade, Friday Harbor High School, Teacher: Andrew Anderson

From the artist: My work gives a glimpse of dependence throughout the past, present and future as an adolescent. Throughout my investigation I found myself idolizing memories corresponding with my identity. The association of memories or the past leads me to visualize remembrance in black and white. Pen and ink allow me to imitate expressive dark values in my stylized format.

Regional Winner

“Obscure” by Peyton Bodenhafer

9th Grade, Oak Harbor High School, Teacher: Kit Christopherson

From the artist: This work explores the obscurity of what lies beyond the cloth. Assumptions can be made, but a conclusion should remain elusive. I was inspired by an artist known as Christo Vladimirov Javacheff, a Bulgarian man who draped various structures in fabric as a statement of art.

Regional Winner

“Swallow Your Attitude” by Tessa Meyer,

10th Grade, Oak Harbor High School, Teacher: Kit Christopherson

From the artist: This piece is part of my AP art concentration on birds on power lines. For this piece I wanted to explore the more humorous side of birds’ everyday interactions. Birds are everywhere and their behavior can be surprisingly human-like as seen in this piece. Inspired by a royalty and copyright-free reference, I used graphite to capture a funny moment between two swallows mid-argument.

Regional Winner and CWU Scholarship Winner

“2:43 AM” by Mason Eknes

12th Grade, Burlington-Edison High School, Teacher: Suzanne McLelland

From the artist: I took the photo the piece references on a walk late at night, with the title being the actual time the photo was taken. I thought the value range would make an interesting charcoal drawing.

Regional Winner

“The T.J. Manyoguy” by Tristin Guy

12th Grade, Oak Harbor High School, Teacher: Kayla Spruce

From the artist: Fishing has recently become one of my favorite hobbies and a fishing boat is something I’d like to own in my future so I decided to craft something that I want and love. I hand crafted the fishing boat with brass wire where I used a drill to twist the wire making it thicker and stronger. I then used pliers to bend and attach the wire to specific parts of the boat.

Regional Winner and CWU Scholarship Winner

“Alphabetical Circle” by Lillika Taitano

12th Grade, Oak Harbor High School, Teacher: Kit Christopherson

From the artist: I was inspired by the curious experience of recollection. Often, what marks a special memory is a particular feeling or object. The thing that made this memory clear for me was the bright alphabet letters. I used acrylic paint and oil paint for the 2D aspect. For the 3D alphabet letters, I hand molded them with airdry clay, painted them with acrylic paint, and attached them using a magnetic sheet.

Regional Winner and CWU Scholarship Winner

“Waterfall Bench” by Kelsey Edwards

12th Grade, Concrete High School, Teacher: Jim Newby

From the artist: I knew I wanted to build something cool and fairly large. Then I thought of this bench. With a lot of cutting, sanding and finishing, I created a beautiful bench.