70 Artists Magazine December 2019
Stepping Out
Meet the student
winners of our
2019 Annual Art
Competition.
This is the 36th year for the Artists Magazine Annual Art Competition—which makes it more than twice
as old as the minimum age requirement for entrants in the Student Division. But art students come in
all ages. They’re people who’ve made a decision to take on the challenge of developing a skill. This
year’s winners not only stepped up to that challenge, but are also stepping out as rising stars.Animal/Wildlife
1ST PLACE
Kelley Clark
Western Springs, IllinoisPheasant Run
pastel on paper, 9½ x12“Pheasant Run uses complementary colors and
the illusion of motion to capture the dynamic
energy of this hasty bird. The red underpainting
pops under the abstracted background of
greens. Larger strokes give the bird’s stride its
structure, and I kept the feathers loose by
combining soft edges with bits of detail.”