Submission 21: "Illuminating Life"

TITLE: "Illuminating Life"

ARTIST AGE: 18

MEDIUM: Watercolor

ARTIST STATEMENT: While brainstorming for this piece, I tried to recollect the educational moments in my life that truly made a difference. I based this painting off of 4 factors: fundamentals, guidance, growth, and success. This piece follows a boy through his adolescence and transition into adulthood. In each golden ray beaming from the gavel, the boy and his endeavors in academics are depicted, representing the efforts the school board has made in the past 75 years to provide each child with opportunities.