High School 2014

My Theme for this artwork was expression of feeling. I did not choose a single color to work with and I varied the amount of color I put into...

I am showing the innocence of birth and the beauty of life.

Growing up in Boyle Heights, I have been exposed to a rich amount of culture and art, especially graffiti and murals, since I was a baby. Many people in...

My art piece is in honor of my culture. The three faces resemble maturity and wisdom.

Black History Month. A Month Which is Rarely Known Ñ Clarity is Shown.

The materials I used are spray paint, scotch tape, sharpie markers and butcher paper. The reason I...

My artwork titled Collision is about an expression of fashion. There are two different faces combined together in the middle of a canvas who are the great fashion models...

Cre-ate Verb (used with object), Cre-at-ed, Cre-at-ing. 1 - to cause to come into being, as something unique that would not naturally evolve or that is not made by ordinary...

AP studio art students have to focus on a concentration for their pieces in second semester. This semester, I decided to focus on “nature in disguise”. Although most of...

I chose the words, “Creativity Comes from Within” because it accurately represents the overall theme of my piece. Originally, I was inspired by the quote, “Monsters don't sleep under...

The thought behind this painting is the ecological downfall we have been experiencing and the role we play in it. The painting is a play on the traditional idea...

I chose to draw sugar skulls and a rose in order to show my family's heritage. They are symbols of "El D’a de los Muertos" (or The Day of...

My piece represents what we seek in life. As a poet/musician it was hard for me to stick to one idea, but then “BAM” It came to me in...

I chose to use the words, “Feel it in Your Bones” as the main aspect of the painting to remind people to be passionate about the things they do,...

I got into tattooing because all my family does it. It triggered a love of art in my system and I just started drawing. My cousin showed me how...

I decided to write “Free Your Mind” on my canvas because we live in a world where are cannot be expressed on the walls of the streets legally. Working...

Graffiti is art, people usually see it as vandalism but it's actually just a different way or art. It's a different way to express yourself and your feelings. Sometimes...

My art is about a water dragon named Hydra, which lived on a swamp but now lives in the ocean in fear to be killed by Heracles. I have...

I painted this piece and chose this quote to match it because I wanted to speak about ignorance, and the way that humans handle problems in the world. The...

Painting this graffiti portrait inspired us to be imaginative and creative in our work. To go wild in our imagination, with all the different colors. In graffiti or in...

The words imagine, create and believe are the 3 major words that have to do with art. I use these words when I want to draw, I first imagine...

This piece that I've done is not named. The style of this painting is a new style that I had recently picked up and it's only been one year...

My group and I did a graffiti piece using the word liberty. We chose to use this word for simply many reasons. One of the reasons is that all...

My theme is Dia De Los Muertos because I love the idea of remembering your loved ones that past or those who we don't know but still celebrate them....

My canvas is about all the different types of Love in the world. We think that love is “suppose” to be “PERFECT”. Really love is messy and always changing....

My canvas, MELANCHOLY, is supposed to represent a sad Aztec love story. I drew the warrior Popocateptl on the ride side with a blank shaking face with his Aztec...

Andy Warhol inspired the colors I used in this painting. The cow stencil was inspired by Banksy, the most famous stencil artist. Banksy inspired me to make my own...

My submission to the graffiti art contest is purposely to inform people about something that maybe they've never thought of. My inspiration for the piece was a sudden thought,...

Growing up I always had a passion for art. It was either coloring in my captain America color book or learning how to draw spider man. As I got...

The name of this art piece is called, “Oprah,” and it was inspired by one of the most amazing painter I've ever seen. His name is David Flores, his...

In my art piece I want to represent that life is beautiful even if it has its obstacles. Going to the beach in Santa Monica inspired me; watching people...

This Artist is from Thailand, has been living in Los Angeles about a year and speaks very little English.

My artwork is called, Pay attention to the Bubbles because people should start paying attention to others' emotions and feelings, not ignore them and provoke them to do something...

This Artist is also from Thailand, has been living in Los Angeles about six months and does not yet speak English

SPRING! We chose to do our piece on the theme of spring. Our piece consists of Japanese cherry blossoms blooming on a tree with a fading blue background. This...

The Title of my art piece is “Reach” as in reaching for glory. I am looking to someone else's hands for my glory, and holes represent the loopholes of...

My painting is about two very different people that love each other. It's a way of showing my feelings even if the person can't see it. This painting resembles...

My art is based off what I see in the world around me. I use color, texture and imagination to put my ideas onto a canvas. My graffiti art...

My artwork is based off my idea of what life truly is. The sidewalk is basically the path of life and I made it thin so if one were...

The reason I did this painting was because I saw this Henna hand at a fair once and it had the eye in the middle and the symbol meant...

My main subject, the train yard with graffiti, was chosen because of my desire to depict the randomness of consciousness while mixed with the perception of “almost” real as...

I am just a 17-year-old boy trying to make new drawings come to life for others to enjoy.ÊI grew up with the feeling to express everyday life.ÊI'm a Hispanic...

I want to represent the fact that when you hold on to things inside, you tend to feel like you have to carry out that weight with you everywhere....

My name is Vanessa Cruz, I go to Frontier High School and I'm a senior. The reason I chose to do this art contest was because I love a...

In my art piece I want to represent that for every matter in life one should never give up and always be on top for every situation. “I dream...

My art piece is called The Worldview of the Checkerboard Prince. The quote used in my work is I forge life, this is used to explain how my artwork...