Finalists are grouped by category. All entries were judged by Arisia Staff and attending artists. Overall there were a large number of absolutely great entries by very talented students. I wish we had room to display them all. |
| #01 |
Artist: Ashley Brown
Grade 10, East Providence High School Title: Camera Medium: ??? Inspiration or Source: I drew this picture of my digital kodak camera because after seeing an example of a very old camera I thought it would be fun to try to draw a camera that everyone uses today, and turn it ito a steampunk camera for the Victorian era. I used black and white mostly but my favorite color which is pink when drawing the camera. |
| Honorable Mention | |
| #02 |
Artist: Brittney Garcia
Grade 12, East Providence High School Title: Broken Pocketwatch Medium: Pencil Inspiration or Source: |
| Judges' Choice—Best Overall Body of Work | |
| #03 |
Artist: Jaime Leiva Cabrera
Grade 12, Cambridge Rindge and Latin School Title: Robot Blocks Medium: Pencil Inspiration or Source: My take on who actually uses those letter blocks that get lost when you’re a baby. They don’t just go away, robots find them and play with them. |
| #04 |
Artist: Jaime Leiva Cabrera
Grade 12, Cambridge Rindge and Latin School Title: Smoke Mask Medium: Pencil Inspiration or Source: The inspiration was the ignorance that some people show when it comes to the destruction of the planet. The person with the mask is ignoring the flowers burning. |
| #05 |
Artist: Jaime Leiva Cabrera
Grade 12, Cambridge Rindge and Latin School Title: Headless Medium: Pen and Ink, Pencil Inspiration or Source: The inspiration for this piece was my thought of what happens to people that travel to space without space suits or oxygen at all. |
| Honorable Mention | |
| #06 |
Artist: Jay Dupont
Grade ??, Alvirne High School, Hudson, NH Title: Freedom of Invention Medium: Pencil Inspiration or Source: This piece symbolizes our freedom as creative thinkers to make whatever we set our minds to. The man also being a machine is like one creation sparking interest in others to create. |
| #07 |
Artist: Kelly Martin
Grade 10, East Providence Senior High School Title: Bad to the Bone Medium: Pencil Inspiration or Source: My inspiration was a guitar. |
| Honorable Mention | |
| #08 |
Artist: Kristen Fox
Grade 12, East Providence High School Title: Steampunk Drums Medium: Pencil Inspiration or Source: Drum set, steampunk style. |
| #09 |
Artist: Emily Williams
Grade 11, Granby Junior/Senior High School, Granby, MA Title: Balancing Brain Medium: Charcoal/Pencil Inspiration or Source: AS I chose objects for a juxtaposition assignment, I noticed that many of them were round things. I then decided to focus them all around one point, giving the impression that they are emanating from the person's head. Those are the things occupying the persons mind, which the person must balance. |
| #10 |
Artist: Kristen Fox
Grade 12, East Providence High School Title: Steampunk Record Player Medium: Pencil, prismacolor colored pencils Inspiration or Source: Record player, steampunk style. |
| #11 |
Artist: Tabitha Carpenter
Grade 11, Oxford Public High School Title: Blind Marionette Medium: Colored Pencils Inspiration or Source: My inspiration was that everything and everyone is controlled by a higher power, as if they were marionettes on a stage. No one person has complete control of themselves. |
| #12 |
Artist: Tenzin Dadon
Grade 12, Cambridge Rindge and Latin School Title: The Unknown Medium: Pencil Inspiration or Source: I imagined and created a creature of self creation and placed it in a realistic environment that was to represent it searching for the unknown, the creature is scared and confused and is by itself. |
| #13 |
Artist: Jeremy Berke
Grade 10, Cambridge Rindge and Latin School Title: Relentless Medium: Watercolor, colored pencil Inspiration or Source: I.M.A.G.I.N.A.T.I.O.N. The assignment was to create an otherworldly creature and give it an exciting and magical environment of its own. |
| #14 |
Artist: Jaime Leiva Cabrera
Grade 12, Cambridge Rindge and Latin School Title: Pollution Medium: Watercolor, Pen & Ink Inspiration or Source: My point of view on what we are doing to the Earth. The factory symbolizes us humans and the cloud destroying the trees is the effect that we cause, pollution. |
| Honorable Mention | |
| #15 |
Artist: Seo Jung Sa
Grade 12, Cambridge Rindge and Latin School Title: Hyperfuture Medium: Watercolor and Pencil Inspiration or Source: Hyperfuture imagines a pilgrim’s journey from a planet of danger to a planet of hope. |
| #16 |
Artist: Catalina Rufin
Grade 11, Matignon High School, Cambridge, MA Title: 19th Century Fantasy Medium: Watercolor, Colored Pencil, Marker Inspiration or Source: |
| #17 |
Artist: Sarah Saraent
Grade 11, Winnisquam Regional High School, Franklin, NH Title: Elextise Medium: ??? Inspiration or Source: ??? |
| Judges' Choice—Best Fairy Tale | |
| #18 |
Artist: Emily Rose Pitchko
Grade 10, Smith Academy, Hatfield, Mass Title: The Heart of The Galaxy Medium: ??? Inspiration or Source: Once in awhile, right in the middle of an ordinary life, love gives us a fairy tale."- Anonymous. That quote inspired me to create a visual dream supporting that idea. The two folks standing there amid the galaxy, represents a love that most women desire but do not get to experience. The galaxy's colors in the painting catch that warm heart emotion to boost the painting's fantasy effect. Thus the name, The Heart of The Galaxy. |
| #19 |
Artist: Shannen Adamites
Grade 12, Smith Academy, Hatfield, MA Title: Sakura no Yoru (Night of the Cherry Blossoms) Medium: Acrylic on Canvas Board Inspiration or Source: I have always had an interest in Japanese culture and history and I wanted to reflect that in a painting that combines Japanese influence with a subtle tone of fantasy and surrealism, which are my main focuses in art. I created this painting on an extremely cold night, wishing that it was spring again when everything is in bloom and very vibrant and beautiful. The Cherry Blossom flower, in Japanese culture, is a metaphor for the fragility of life since they only last a few weeks until they are all blown away in the wind, and it also represents the emotions of love and affection, which are concepts I like to include in my art (represented by the girl). However, to twist the previously mentioned metaphor a bit, I wanted to incorporate the idea of a cycle; even though the blossoms will blow away in time, they will always re-bloom, and this is represented by the larger, upside-down tree which is also in bloom and the petals are being blown away. Either way you hold it, the petals are always blooming and flowing away. |
| #20 |
Artist: Lee Ann Fitzgerald
Grade 11, Rayham Regional High School, Bridgewater, MA Title: Down the Hatch Medium: Acrylic & watercolor, tem, bristol board & glued cranvmses Inspiration or Source: The feeling of helplessness is the main focus in this piece. But I also tried to focus on the grungy, unforgiving atmosphere of the city. |
| Honorable Mention | |
| #21 |
Artist: Sarah Saraent
Grade 11, Winnisquam Regional High School, Franklin, NH Title: Bleeding Heart Medium: Carved from flower styrofome, acrylic, watercolors Inspiration or Source: ??? |
| Honorable Mention | |
| #22 |
Artist: Ian Crowe
Grade 12, Billerica Memorial High School Title: Nirvana Medium: Electronic Art-based upon source material of artist’s own creation. All of the source materials were hand drawn then scanned and the image was created in Photoshop. (Source). Inspiration or Source: I like space battles and I like big, dramatic looking art. I tried to combine the two, while having somewhat of a grungy feel to the whole thing (hence the simple coloring and bold contrasts). There are some classic steam punk elements as well as a bit of Warhammer 40k in this, though neither the ships nor the characters are directly taken from it. I used the classic red and blue coloring for "good" (blue, the Navy) and "evil" (red, the pirate) because they are almost more universally recognized as conflicting teams than black and white now. It also adds to the sort of "icon" feel of the the image, as it is a symbol that is immediately recognized, along with the skull and fluer-de-lis. To "modernize" the skull and crossbones, and to add some uniqueness, I chose a gear "halo" over it versus something crossed underneath. Gears are associated with machinery and technology, as well as steampunk, so it rolled the whole thing into one.The Fluer-de-lis is clearly recognized as the more legitemate end of things, but not as cliche as a star.As far as the ships go, I tried to contrast law and unlaw by having the Navy ship be all rigid and straight, whereas the pirate ship is loose and organic, a contrast which reflects the differences in mentalities as well. |
| #23 |
Artist: Catalina Rufin
Grade 11, Matignon High School, Cambridge, MA Title: The Mermaid's Discovery Medium: Artweaver Inspiration or Source: ??? |
| Honorable Mention | |
| #24 |
Artist: Teresa Rufin
Grade 9, Matignon High School, Cambridge, MA Title: Walking With Strangers Medium: Photoshop Inspiration or Source: ??? |
| First Place Winner | |
| #25 |
Artist: Jordan Walker
Grade 10, Cranston High School West Title: Unmanned Steed Medium: Corel Painter Essentials Inspiration or Source: Thousands of years after a catechism on a human colony world, civilization has resurfaced; powered by steam. The creature depicted in this piece is in fact a genetically modified and mechanically enhanced species of the native fauna, commonly used as transportation by the descendants of human colonists. |
| #26 |
Artist: Teresa Rufin
Grade 9, Matignon High School, Cambridge, MA Title: Red Stars Medium: Paint Tool Sai and Photoshop CS4 Inspiration or Source: ??? |
