”Compulsive Life is a piece showing my personal struggles with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. How a normal day of brushing your teeth can be an obsession,” Wright said. 

This award-winning piece conveys Wright’s struggles of daily activity with having Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, showing Wright brushing their teeth in many stances and movements throughout the piece. Wright was expecting a key for this piece and was glad to earn the award

“The piece Compulsive is about working out, how you can become in your head about whether you’ve reached your limit or not,” Wright said. 

This award-winning piece conveys more on Wright’s struggles of daily activity with having OCD. This piece portrays Wright over working out his body, but he can not get himself to stop. Wright was not expecting a key but was very hopeful and is very grateful for his award.

“Second Period is a piece about how school gun violence scares me and how I fear the lack of school security,” Wright said. 

This award-winning piece conveys the unknowing of school shootings. In this piece, Wright is busy focusing on his school work. Behind him a student has a gun in his book bag.

The kid is in all black, portraying the unknown and the unknowing. Wright did not expect a key for this piece but was hoping for one.

“Puppet is a piece about OCD, how it can pull you in different directions, and about how it feels like you’re controlled and a puppet by your own life,” Wright said. 

This award-winning piece conveys how Wright’s life feels like it is taking over from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and how it makes it hard to do simple tasks. Showing this through Wright’s skin being pulled by a string in Wright’s illustration. Wright expected to get a Gold Key for this piece and was very proud of the piece.

Senior Rylie Mcardle won one Gold Key in the Scholastic Art Awards.

“To the Flame is a piece about my boyfriend and our love for each other and me being attracted to him,” McArdle said.

 This award-winning piece conveys how McArdle feels in her relationship with her boyfriend, showing it throughout the piece. She wasn’t expecting a key as she made it for a project with not much intention of winning with it.

Sophomore Hadley Fox won one Gold Key in the Scholastic Art Awards.

“Itchy was a piece I made because at the time I was going through a skin condition where my skin was itchy and it was frustrating because I went to so many doctors with no answers,” Fox said. 

This award-winning piece conveys how Fox was going through a skin issue, and was struggling to know how to get over it after doctors told her they did not know what was wrong. She was not expecting a key,but was very happy at the fact she did get one.

Senior Carter Bond won one Gold Key and a Gold Key with a portfolio in the Scholastic Art Awards.

“His portfolio is called Focus, one of the pictures that came from a dramatic point and I loved how much emotion it gave off when you see it,” Bond said. 

This award-winning piece conveys how Bond felt while he took them, seeing and searching for the emotion in the slightest face expressions. This piece shows the dedication a player has towards a game, how much adrenalin they gain from games. 

“Another photo from focus shows the interest of sports and how much emotion it brings in the players,” Bond said. 

This award-winning piece conveys how Bond was seeing how intense the score board made the players, making them focused more during the game, players showed this by their determination to win.

“Focus also includes the action I captured in this picture and I saw that it captures the moment in the game that’s important,” Bond said.

 This award-winning piece conveys a player making his move on the ball for his team to earn a goal and the anticipation in him. 

“What inspired me to take this for my portfolio is I love the goalie, and the entire year he displayed lots of emotion. I wanted to capture that emotion as much as I could,” Bond said. 

This award-winning piece conveys how his friendship with the team and how much emotion he has as a goalie. 

“I had to add team unity in my portfolio because I love sports and how it brings people together to win and accomplish with each other,” Bond said. 

This award-winning piece conveys how he sees the emotion needed to build a team that trusts each other, capturing it with the bright colors of the field and the different colored cleats with a beautiful sun shine on them. Bond was expecting a Gold Key and was very grateful. 

“The gospel was inspired by a Christian rock concert trying to capture the emotion of the concert. They had a lot of emotion present during the concert,” Bond said. 

This award-winning piece conveys how he sees the emotion shown through singing showing how much the artist felt about the song, capturing it in a picture with dark black and white to give more sadness emotion. Bond was not expecting a Gold Key but was so glad.

Senior Nina Brown won one Gold Key in the Scholastic Art Awards.

“The Circle of Life. Part of my inspiration came from one of my favorite artists, Aubrey Beardsley. He has an illustration titled The Climax, where a figure is holding a decapitated head. I often represent femininity in my artwork, and this piece was no different. I just decided to use the story of the mantis as inspiration,” Brown said. 

This award-winning piece conveys the personification of the female praying mantis ripping its partner’s head off and eating it after mating. A female praying mantis is shown on the left panel, and the orchid on the right represents sensual symbols. Brown was not expecting a gold key but was so honored for her piece and her accomplishments.

Senior Logan Lash won one Gold Key in the Scholastic Art Awards.

“I didn’t give much thought to what inspired me. I just saw the place and wanted to use it to take photos. I think it turned out amazing on how much sunlight was with the photo showing how bright the field was. I love how the lighting gives more expression of her face,” Lash said. 

This award-winning piece conveys senior Ellia Eowland sitting in a field covered in a goldenrod with the warm, welcoming sunshine. Lash did not expect a gold key but was very proud that this piece was awarded.