ANNUAL STUDENT COMPETITION
First Place
Han Jong Lee
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA
HANLEESART.COMI grew up in Seoul, South
Korea, where I also graduated
from Kang Nam University
before making my way to San
Francisco. After Rain is an
expression of my emotional
journey through the city. It’s
a place I’ve come to see my
refl ection and a city that’s
allowed me to fi nd peace with
the diversity of life’s experi-
ences. There are various
lightings, colors and forms in
cities, best represented on a
rainy day. I wanted to express
San Francisco with its light
and refl ections. MW
OPPOSITE: After Rain (oil on
wood panel, 24x24)LANDSCAPE
Third Place
Eliana
Colachis Glass
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON
ELIANA.WORKI loved my elementary art
class, but was less happy
with my high school classes,
but you can learn a lot
from mediocre art classes.
Working with people who get
in your way is great practice
for learning how to solve
problems.
Out of Nowhere was my
fi rst watercolor rendered in a
photorealistic style. I painted
two dark triangles, a paral-
lelogram, a pentagram and
a few line edges. When I
paint with watercolor, I tend
to procees this way: I choose
the fi rst color, apply it where
I see it and then fi nd all the
other places where that color
appears again before moving
to the next color. MW
LEFT: Out of Nowhere (watercolor
on paper, 10x12)Second Place
Travis
Troiani
FAIRVIEW, TEXAS
INSTAGRAM.COM/TRAVISTROIANIFor Building Houses, Not
Homes, I worked on the
whole piece at once and used
a wide range of materials and
tools. I added a few three-
dimensional elements as well.
The bottom right has a small
block of wood, from which I
suspended a small drawing,
using screws and thread.
I had taken a semester off
between transferring schools,
and I’d become isolated from
my friends and family—so
much so that I no longer
felt at home in my own
house. That’s the inspira-
tion for this piece—trying to
make the most out of a bad
situation. MW
ABOVE: Building Houses, Not
Homes (mixed media collage on
wood, 13x24)DECEMBER 2016 65
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