The Superintendent's High School Art Show

2026 Art Show

Gallery of the Superintendent's High School Art Show state and regional winners. To enlarge images, simply click on the image.

Charcoal drawing of a detailed Victorian-style house with a tall central tower, surrounded by tall trees, a small fountain, and faint stone sculptures, creating a quiet, slightly mysterious forest setting.

Contestant

Artist's Name: Chloe Anderson
Title: Timeless Beauty
Medium: Charcoal
Dimensions: 11 x 14 x 0
Teacher: Shelle House
School/District: Ridgefield High School/Ridgefield

 
Paper and cloth mache bird with feathers as finishing touch

Contestant

Artist's Name: Cypress Cole
Title: The Crow
Medium: Paper and Cloth Mache
Dimensions: 11" x 8" x 18"
Teacher: Kristin King
School/District: Camas High School/Camas

 
A life-size ceramic version of a sardines can with its lid being pulled back to find four individual clay sardines inside. The can has a dark gray and greenish color to it, while the lid of the can has a colorful label with red lettering. All four sardines have this blue and gray ombre glaze effect and have big, animated eyes.

Contestant

Artist's Name: Valeria Najar-Gandara
Title: "Can of Sardines"
Medium: Clay
Dimensions: 5 inches x 3 inches x 3 inches
Teacher: Justin Donahue
School/District: Evergreen High School - Evergreen (Clark)/Evergreen (Clark)

 
Image depicts a realistically-drawn elderly woman and small dog in black and white charcoal. The woman is gazing into the camera, holding the dog close to her head.

Contestant

Artist's Name: Marz Highley
Title: Grandjan And Ty
Medium: Charcoal
Dimensions: 12 x 16 x 0
Teacher: Patrick Godsil
School/District: Fort Vancouver High School/Vancouver

 
Girl with vitiligo and dark wavy hair, over a red background. She has a tear running down the side of her face, and targets on her face and chest.

Contestant

Artist's Name: Emma Ulmer
Title: an Atlas of Humanity
Medium: Watercolor and Micron
Dimensions: 12 x 17 x 0
Teacher: Maleah Cooper
School/District: Ridgefield High School/Ridgefield

 
This piece is a cityscape of buildings that are collaged with words. The center is made out of recycled fabric and resembles the world. Outside of this a ring of fire created from acrylic.

Contestant

Artist's Name: Laynie Comstock
Title: Radical Obliviation
Medium: Mixed collage, paint and stitched fabric
Dimensions: 13" x 13" x 1"
Teacher: Michael Smith
School/District: Woodland High School/Woodland

 
Double exposure of a closeup image of an eye blended with the branches of a tree.

Contestant

Artist's Name: Samuel Andrade
Title: Light of life
Medium: Digital Photography
Dimensions: 0 x 8 x 12
Teacher: Sean Morrison
School/District: Union High School/Evergreen (Clark)

 
In this picture you see, a self portrait of me as depicted as a clown.

Contestant

Artist's Name: Nakayla Dominguez
Title: My Reflection Wears a Punchline
Medium: Acrylic on Panel
Dimensions: 14" x 17" x 0
Teacher: Michael Smith
School/District: Woodland High School/Woodland

 
Two figures stand looking at the beach of a lake, with wave ripples on the shoreline. There are large mountains on the other side, a dock to the left, and huge clouds above. Rain comes down over the mountains on the right side.

Contestant

Artist's Name: Georgia Maurer
Title: Father's Day
Medium: Papercut
Dimensions: 11 x 14
Teacher: Joshua Everson
School/District: Olympia High School/Olympia

 
The image is compiled of white cut out in the style of a German Schereschnitte on the black background made of paper

Contestant

Artist's Name: Sylvia Chan
Title: Pesca'o
Medium: Paper
Dimensions: 12 x 14 x 0
Teacher: Joshua Everson
School/District: Olympia High School/Olympia

 
Black-and-white acrylic painting depicting a close-up of a smiling person wearing a backwards baseball cap.

Contestant

Artist's Name: Jane Birchard
Title: Silly Face
Medium: Acrylic
Dimensions: 16 x 20 x 0
Teacher: Dave Wegener
School/District: A G West Black Hills High School/Tumwater

 
Misty forest landscape with a river flowing through a steep canyon, surrounded by dense evergreen trees. The image is layered with transparent duplicates, creating a repeated, dreamlike depth effect.

Contestant

Artist's Name: Andrew Penrose
Title: Within The Foggy Valley
Medium: Digital Print of Film Photography
Dimensions: 0 x 20 x 16
Teacher: Traci McGowan
School/District: Tumwater High School/Tumwater

 
"Blossoming" is a self portrait created with oil paint, symbolizing growth and recognition of self worth.

Contestant

Artist's Name: Lily Blake
Title: Blossoming
Medium: Oil
Dimensions: 20 x 16 x 46024
Teacher: Jillian Giudice
School/District: Tumwater High School/Tumwater

 
A mixed media painting of a fountain at the end of a stone walkway lined with streetlights and foliage. It glitters in a ray of orange sunlight.

Contestant

Artist's Name: Aidan Stoker
Title: Fountain
Medium: Mixed Media
Dimensions: 23.875 x 18 x 0
Teacher: Joshua Everson
School/District: Olympia High School/Olympia

 
Treeline represents my love for nature.

Contestant

Artist's Name: Kieran Cox
Title: Treeline
Medium: Ceramics
Dimensions: 8 x 6 x 8
Teacher: Jill Guidice
School/District: Tumwater High School/Tumwater

 
Person sitting on a concrete ledge with a beach in the background colored with vibrant colors.

Contestant

Artist's Name: Ryan Hillman
Title: Beach Weather
Medium: Acrylic paint and markers
Dimensions: 12 x 16 x 0
Teacher: Jill Guidice
School/District: Tumwater High School/Tumwater

 
A realistic clay banana.

Contestant

Artist's Name: Hailey Damerow
Title: Overripe
Medium: Clay and acrylic
Dimensions: 4 x 1 x 1
Teacher: Courtney Warnick
School/District: Olympia High School/Olympia

 
"Reanimated" shows a hand bringing life to a portrait. This symbolizes how all humans have a passion that invigorates us with life, and gives meaning in an often mundane life.

Contestant

Artist's Name: Matthew Wang
Title: Reanimated
Medium: Charcoal
Dimensions: 24 x 30 x 0
Teacher: Joshua Everson
School/District: Olympia High School/Olympia

 
An overseer from above, casting their almighty gaze down upon thee.

Contestant

Artist's Name: Aurora Torres
Title: Overseer
Medium: Watercolor and gouache
Dimensions: 11 inches x 14 inches x 11 inches
Teacher: Andrea Beck
School/District: Olympic High School/Central Kitsap

 
A sunny forest with snow and ice creeping up the base of the trees. With a trim of frost covering the outer border of the piece.

Contestant

Artist's Name: James Bauman
Title: Frosty Forest
Medium: Photo Transfer
Dimensions: 10 inches x 8 inches x 1 Inch
Teacher: Alison Roberts
School/District: Kingston High School/North Kitsap

 
A girl pointing out at viewer in a classroom.

Contestant

Artist's Name: Audrey Murphy
Title: I see you
Medium: Acrylic
Dimensions: 11 in x 14 in x 1 in
Teacher: Andrea Beck
School/District: Olympic High School/Central Kitsap

 
This photo shows flowers through a normal view, mirrored view, and a partial distorted view from the water. Giving us a reminder that there's never just one singular perspective on something.

Contestant

Artist's Name: Elizabeth Hays
Title: Reflection
Medium: Photography
Dimensions: 1504 px x 2256px x o
Teacher: James Andrews
School/District: North Kitsap High School/North Kitsap

 
"KCYC at Sunset" is a watercolor depiction of the Kingston Cove Yacht Club, done in color with the goal of realism.

Contestant

Artist's Name: Aidan Cary
Title: KCYC at Sunset
Medium: Watercolor paint, fine point pen
Dimensions: 10.25 x 8 x 0
Teacher: Alison Roberts
School/District: Kingston High School/North Kitsap

 
Drawing of unicorn in the forest

Contestant

Artist's Name: Kai Campbell
Title: The Unicorn
Medium: Block Printing
Dimensions: 0 x 18" x 12"
Teacher: Jake Reichner
School/District: Quilcene High And Elementary/Quilcene