Art for All Seasons is an art competition for area high school students sponsored by The Sunday Times and NEIU. A winner was picked for every month, and the students’ art will be displayed on the calendar page of Life&Times the last Sunday of each month and on AccessNEPA.
Artist’s statement
“For my Artist of the Month submission, I was inspired by a group of ducklings I saw by the pond near my house. I was determined to make the ducklings look as realistic as possible, so I went in with my pen and did stippling to create value and texture. As for the flowers on their heads, I simply thought it was a cute idea. The background was the toughest part of my project. I had planned on creating a grass meadow for the ducks to be sitting in but I struggled making that with the watercolor. So my final decision was a sort of pop art design with the leaves somewhat overlapping each other and then stippling the leftover areas to create some depth.”
- School: Abington Heights High School
- Art teacher: Eileen Healey
- Grade: 12
- Age: 17
- Title of artwork: Spring Ducklings
- Medium: Watercolor and ink
Kevin OʼNeill has been a staff artist for The Times-Tribune since June 1993. In addition to doing illustrations and infographics and designing pages for the paper’s print and electronic publications, he writes InSites, a weekly column about websites and apps. Contact: koneill@timesshamrock.com; 570-348-9100 x5212
