An annual contest for all Wasatch County School District students kindergarten through 12th grade. Categories include 2-D Drawing, Painting, Graphic Design, Photography, 3D Pottery, and Sculpted Work.
Grade 9-12
My name is Naomi Hansen. I am a sophomore at Wasatch High School and I am 16 years old. I’ve been taking drawing lessons since I was eight and have loved it ever since I started. My favorite medium is colored pencils, but I love experimenting with various materials as well. I am also an avid reader, movie enthusiast, and technological design student. After high school I would love to be able to combine my skills as an artist and an engineer.
I know sometimes it’s easy to feel limited, constricted, or stuck. I’ve certainly felt that, especially this past year. Feeling as though I was trapped in a black and white world, my life has been anything but colorful. Drawing has helped me get out of my constrictions. I managed to get out of that bleak world, and find color. This drawing is a self portrait, representing my getting out of that dark place to find a brighter one. I created my own path.
This is my journey since I love to be in the outdoors. I am always either exploring or researching on where my next adventure will be. This drawing specifically is from a Uintah backpacking trip up to granddaddy basin.”
Zealand is just finishing his sophomore year at Wasatch High School. In addition to art classes, he enjoys being on the mountain biking team there. He also just completed his first year with the Park City freeski team, competing in rail jam and slopestyle. He is passionate about fly fishing and equally passionate about fly tying. Zealand is an ambassador for Moonlit Fly Fishing and loves teaching fly tying to children in the Heber Valley. His art typically revolves around his outdoor interests. Fun fact: Zealand just started his first commissioned art piece, designing a tattoo for a flyfisher who came across him while demonstrating at a fly tying expo.
My name is Amber Johnson! I am 17 years old and a junior at good old Wasatch High school. I really enjoy art and have taken an art class every year. I love painting, I mainly use acrylic paint. I also am a student athlete; I play on the high school volleyball team, and I love it! I will do anything for a good chuckle. My mom says that I’m funny, so if the painting thing doesn’t work out I will become a comedian.
The world can be a dry and secluded place. You may feel like you’re wondering through a colorless desert. However, if you look at life through a new perspective you might just see the beauty that is all around you. You can make your world a flourishing, colorful scene. It’s up to you to create your beautiful own journey through life.
GRADES 9-12
Chosen from 31 entries
Drawing
1st | Naomi M Hansen
2nd | Zealand Bowhuis
3rd | Paige Woodward
3rd | Asha Chappell
Honorable Mention:
Elissa Ross
Painting
1st | Amber Johnson
Graphic design
1st | Isaac Heath
Sculpted work
1st | Maddox Leavitt
2nd | Roger Cameron
3rd | Natalee Himojosa
Grades K-2
Chosen from 18 entries
I love axolotls. I love them so much. This painting is me seeing a real axolotl in the water. I painted it because I love axolotls and I want to be one. I painted it with a cute face and a cute body.
Drawing
1st | Hayden McAnnally
2nd | Ryan Sullivan
3rd | Skyler Jarvis
3rd | Claire Miller
Painting
1st | Lucy Hagan
2nd | Claire Hagan
3rd | Jane Christensen
Sculpted work
1st | Edie Cucchiarelli
2nd | Landon Welling
3rd | Luke Bitner
Grades 3-5
Chosen from 72 entries
This sculpture is about being kind to the earth and the people on it. I want my journey in life to be helping the earth stay cleaner and be nice to others. I love going on walks, picking up trash and seeing the beautiful things. (Mom note: Amelia had this project nearly finished and her little sister accidentally knocked it off the counter, breaking off the wrist and punching in one of the thumbs. Instead of getting mad she just picked it up and said “That’s ok, accidents happen” and comforted her sister before fixing it. This sculpture captures her kind heart.)
Drawing
1st | Julio Gonzalez Nunez
2nd | Maicol Maxwell Phillips
3rd | Ethan Strangis
3rd | Kaitlyn Cook
Graphic design
1st | Hazel Jarvis
Painting
1st | Sophie Hansen
2nd | Skyler Phillips
3rd | Matteus Berg
3rd | Evelyn Moulton
Sculpted work
1st | Amelia Hagan
2nd | Olivia Osguthorpe
3rd | Blakely Puett
Grades 6-8
Chosen from 173 entries
I created a watercolor painting of an open suitcase with different places around the world in it because I love to visit different places and experience new things. Especially to make memories with my family.
I drew a beach landscape. This is a part of my journey because I’ve just always loved the beach and it makes me happy. I’ve learned a lot of new things from that.
This photo was shot at Bryce Canyon. It represents my journey because I absolutely love being outdoors and in nature. Also, I like to think: Life has many ups and downs, but no matter where you are, go outside.
Drawing
1st | Maria Valdez
2nd | Kalia Webb
3rd | Ben Lawson
3rd | Jocelyn Epperson
Painting
1st | Michayla Scheuller
2nd | Ellie Karl
3rd | Jennalee Townley
3rd | Paige Sorensen
Graphic design
1st | Anistyn Battles
2nd | Audrey Hunsaker
3rd | Emmett Ray
Sculpted work
1st | Sophia Brown
2nd | Savannah
Tiedemann
3rd | Kennedi Hunt
Photography
1st | Aceden Bowhuis
2nd | Michaela Jarvis
3rd | Alexa Goode
