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Liam Bosse

Amanda Smart

Ian Jeffrey

Young Artist Awards for: Ages 5 - 8 years Isabelle Stevens : Landseer Enga : Bethany Shortt : Toran Persson : Grayson Desharnais Ages 9 - 13 years Shannon Marshall : Liam Bosse : Ian Jeffrey : Kathryn Jaschinsky Ages 14 - 18 Rebecca Tooms : Nic Chabot : Charlie Daigneault : Claire Fearnley : Amanda Smart : Elizabeth Haines

Sample of Artist's Statements Why I like to do art, or something about their work) "Art is just an addicting tool in which you convey your thoughts in visual and physical manner." ... Amanda Smart "Every since I have been able to hold a pencil I've loved to do art." ... Elizabeth Haines "Art is like an escape. I can grab my pencil or my camera and drift into a world where anything can happen." ... Claire Francine Fearnley "My art comes from the person inside." ... Alanna Jones "I would like my art to be seen and I have never shown it to anybody except my parents." ... Sydney Coe "Art is like a new toy because you can do many things." ... Taran Persson "Doing art makes me feel happy." ... Matthew Atkinson "I made a sculpture of my dog Buddy because I love him" ... Lauren Lacey "Drawing really satisfies something inside of me." ... Alicia Baker "I put my imagination on paper" ... Zachary Smith "Art is a huge part of my life and always will be." ... Cheyenne Lightbourn "When I paint I can focus on nothing other than the next flick of my paintbrush or the scratch of my pencil. Your mind becomes empty, a temporary release from civilization." ... Jessalyn Law "My inspiration comes from music, scenery, events in my life and whatever story I am mulling around in my head at the time." ... Tim Furesz "I like to do 3-D work so that I can use my hands to shape and feel the piece as I work." ... Quinn Runkle "I love to express creativity and imagination, like letters rolling onto the page, paint sliding onto a canvas and clay molding into a figure." ... Chloe Grace Cooper "I like to do art because it is an expression of myself using colours." ... Melissa Strain "You can use art to tell a story about things or even who you are." ... Jordan Marshall