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 Sunday Times’ calendar page on the last Sunday of each month and monthly on Access NEPA.
SUBMITTED PHOTO
Tristan Burns
The Student Artist of the Month for December 2019 is Tristan Burns.
- School: Abington Heights High School
- Grade: 11
- Age: 16
- Art teacher: Abigail Fenton
- Title of artwork: “Cardinal in a Winter Wonderland”
- Medium: Watercolor
- In his own words: “I chose to paint a cardinal in a snowy winter setting because when you see cardinals it is usually in the wintertime. I thought as an artist that the red cardinal would contrast well against the snow. I also thought that I could use watercolor to enhance the texture of the branches, snow and the bird to create an appealing winter piece of work.”
Caitlin Heaney West is the content editor for Access NEPA and oversees the Early Access blog in addition to working as a copy editor and staff writer for The Times-Tribune. An award-winning journalist, she is a summa cum laude graduate of Shippensburg University and also earned a master’s degree from Marywood University. Caitlin joined the Times-Shamrock family in 2009 and lives in Scranton. Contact: cwest@timesshamrock.com; 570-348-9100 x5107; or @cheaneywest
