CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WINNERS!

Photo Credit: Renoda Campbell Photography

1st PLACE - Torunn Larsen

San Luis Obispo High School, Senior
Art Instructor: Michael Norton

• “Self Portrait”, colored pencils
• “Sorrow”, graphite pencil
• “Self-Control”, etching

2nd PLACE - Natalie Herrera

Paso Robles High School, Junior
Art Instructor: Clarissa Wilson

• “I Am, And Will Always Be Beautiful”, pencil, collage
• “Dilemma”, colored pencils
• “Liar”, colored pencil, collage

3rd PLACE - Caleb Hudson

Morro Bay High School, Junior
Art Instructor: none, self-taught

• “All-Seer”, silicone, resin, wood, fabric
• “Forgotten”, resin, latex, wood, steel, fabric
• “The Menu”, silicone, latex, ceramic, aluminum

FINALISTS

Marina Asquith

Morro Bay High School, Senior

• “The Sun, The Moon, and The Star”, photography, Lightroom used for touch ups
• Art Instructor: Meredith Haener “Runaway Bride”, photography, no editing
• “The Abandoned Creek”, photography, no editing

Mia Baldwin

Arroyo Grande High School, Senior
Art Instructor: Jenna Draine

• “The Colors of Blindness”,  Procreate on iPad using an Apple pencil
• “She Wore Red Lipstick”, Procreate on iPad using an Apple pencil, Braille translator
• “Draining”, charcoal pencil, acrylic paint, paper layering

Mars Gunderson

Paso Robles High School, Senior 
Art Instructor: Clarissa Wilson

• “A Day in the Sun”, lead pencil
• “Suffering is Creativity”, watercolor with salt, charcoal, pencil
• “In the Eyes of Nature”, colored pencils, grey paper, fire, magazines, white & black charcoal, Sharpie

Breanna Harrigan

Arroyo Grande High School, Senior
Art Instructor: Jenna Draine

• “See in Color”, oil pastel, pencil
• “Missing”, acrylic paint
• “Her Limerence”, acrylic paint, oil pastel, pencil

Joel Schloss

San Luis Obispo High School, Senior
Art Instructor: Michael Norton

• “Wrong Way”, colored pencils
•  “Instigate”, graphite
• “Autobiography”, graphite, colored pencils, ink pen, alcohol markers

Corrine Stanton

Atascadero High School, Senior
Art Instructors: Tess Harback and Julie Steyer

• “Incarnation”, pencil
•  “Space Girl Mask”, ceramic clay, acrylic, mod podge
• “Friction”, acrylic paint

Julianna Vigil

San Luis Obispo High School, Junior
Art Instructor: Michael Norton

• “A Touch of Comfort”,  oil paint on treated ply-board
• “The Corruption of Man and Nature”, oil paint on canvas
• “A Look Into Innocence”, pencil, ink, white colored pencil, and white gouache

JUDGES

Sheryl Chesnut, Gallery Owner

With over 25 years of experience in design and fine art, Sheryl Chesnut graduated from UC Berkeley and UC Santa Barbara with a Bachelor of Fine Art and a minor in Business. With a background in design: graphic and product, Sheryl worked first in San Francisco and later in SLO County both as an Art Director and a Freelance Designer across many industries. She started creating fine art full time when she got gallery representation across the country. In 2018 Chesnut started EDNA Contemporary Gallery to bring world class artwork to the Central Coast. Sheryl’s love of art and design and her personal relationship with artists have created a wonderful roster of artists available for view and experience.

https://www.ednacontemporary.com/

Chuck Jennings

Chuck Jennings has a BA in painting and drawing, and MA and MFA degrees in Fine Art and Design. He began teaching design and color theory at Cal Poly in 1968. He was the Chair of the Department of Art and Design for 14 years before he reitred in 2008. He has exhibited his work throughout the US at venues in Santa Fe, New Mexico and Sedona, Arizona. His work is included in the collection of the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, D.C.

Although for most of his art career he concentrated on painting, he has had a passion for photography since he bought his first lens reflex camera in 1967. Since 2002, he has devoted all his creative energies to digital photography. He now owns Giclee Print and Photo and Reel Eyes Photography, in San Luis Obispo.

https://www.facebook.com/gicleeprintphoto

Leslie Sutcliffe

Leslie Sutcliffe is a painter and printmaker who lives in Los Osos. She has exhibited her work throughout the United States including The Brooklyn Public Library and the San Luis Obispo Museum of Art. She taught Printmaking, Drawing and Modern Art History at Cuesta College for 27 years and, before that, taught printmaking at Golden West College and The University of California, Santa Barbara. She is the owner/master printer of El Moro Editions and has printed etchings for well-known artists both in Los Angeles and at her studio in Los Osos. Her artwork and writing was published in AGNI Magazine out of Boston University and she has served as an art reviewer at The Tribune and New Times newspapers in San Luis Obispo.

https://lesliesutcliffe.net/