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.

"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

 
A painting of self-harm, including multiple self induced cuts, one with "stitches" made out of a shoe lace, many layers, a use of paints, oil pastels, and many other mediums.

Contestant

Artist's Name: Maliki Blackner
Title: Punishment
Medium: Many, paints, oil pastels, i used lipgloss, etc etc
Dimensions: ? x 12in x 6in
Teacher: Sarah OConnel
School/District: South Kitsap High School/South Kitsap

 
Keanu, the lovable happy dog that is stingy with love. The playful short haired dog is just a simple reminder of joy and happiness. This piece, named Keanu, is a drawing of my dog. My first fully original piece of art.

Contestant

Artist's Name: Alison Garrity
Title: Keanu
Medium: Graphite
Dimensions: 4 3/4 inch x 7 inch
Teacher: Donald Sandmann
School/District: South Kitsap High School/South Kitsap

 
Painting of a person in nature looking down to a person in open night sky

Contestant

Artist's Name: Lily Walkup
Title: This could be beautiful
Medium: mixed
Dimensions: 12 x 18 x 1 in
Teacher: Robin Dudley
School/District: Bremerton High School/Bremerton

 
two hands, one red, white, and blue to represent USA which is posed as if it is sinking. Other hand is Black with Hispanic heritage designs on it reaching out as if to grab USA hand.

Contestant

Artist's Name: Julie Molina
Title: Búsquida de Identidad
Medium: Plaster & sand
Dimensions: 9 x 5 x 6
Teacher: Samantha Van Waardhuizen
School/District: Lake Washington High/Lake Washington

 
A two story, maroon and emerald green temple, with cut outs and textured walls/roof.

Contestant

Artist's Name: Aabriella Frazier
Title: Maroon ruins
Medium: Ceramics
Dimensions: 13in x 11in x 13in
Teacher: Samantha Van Waardhuizen
School/District: Lake Washington High/Lake Washington

 
The monochrome piece, with a limp soft pastel bloom at its core fading in the presence of vibrant flowers, symbolizes the journey from fragility to strength, portraying how even the darkest beginnings can sparkle renewed life.

Contestant

Artist's Name: Clara Chang
Title: Blooming Connections
Medium: acyrlic paint, watercolor, and rice paper
Dimensions: 32 x 12 x 20
Teacher: Sunyoung Kwon
School/District: Issaquah High School/Issaquah

 
A mind consumed by itself. Each detail is a function of the brain at a time of overwhelmment.

Contestant

Artist's Name: Zeke Schoolcraft
Title: Thought Outright
Medium: Graphite on paper
Dimensions: 11" x 11" x 0
Teacher: Laura King
School/District: Shorecrest High School/Shoreline

 
This artwork was created using Procreate and is a drawing of a girl surrounded by darkness, bright frogs, and flora in a quiet forest. I used multiple layers and digital brushes to blend and add depth and detail to the piece.

Contestant

Artist's Name: Madilyn Sotoamaya
Title: Indigo Lillies
Medium: Digital (Procreate)
Dimensions: 13 x 19 x 0
Teacher: Janelle Mock
School/District: Steilacoom High/Steilacoom Hist.

 
Clay flower, with red petals and a dark center. Sitting on it is a tank, but it is small and the same relative size as a bee, and has yellow and black stripes on it.

Contestant

Artist's Name: Rona Kagan
Title: It felt normal.
Medium: Clay
Dimensions: 10 x 2 x 10
Teacher: Samantha Van Waardhuizen
School/District: Lake Washington High/Lake Washington

 
Toned portrait of a toddler created with black and white charcoal on tan paper. The child is looking at the viewer. The composition is from her shoulders up, and she is smiling, and has pigtails.

Contestant

Artist's Name: Elleanna Espinoza
Title: Baby Me
Medium: Charcoal
Dimensions: 8.5 x 11 x 0
Teacher: Connie Richards Aigner
School/District: Enumclaw Sr High School/Enumclaw

 
drawing of a desk with paper, writing, an eraser and a gun

Contestant

Artist's Name: Aidan Pulliam
Title: Unspoken

 
The image shows a colorful ceramic teapot adorned with various animals, including a tiger, a moth, and a bird.

Contestant

Artist's Name: Celine Park
Title: Handle With Reverence
Medium: Ceramic
Dimensions: 15 x 8 x 8
Teacher: Samantha Van Waardhuizen
School/District: Lake Washington High/Lake Washington

 
An oil painting of a couple in traditional Korean Hanbok during a Pyebaek wedding ceremony. A smiling man is carrying a woman on his back, both showing joyful expressions.

Contestant

Artist's Name: Yeryung Kim
Title: Beauty Resides in My Heart
Medium: Oil Paint
Dimensions: 22 x 28 x 0.8
Teacher: Lauren Sneden
School/District: Stadium High School/Tacoma

 
A bust of a person wearing a stapled on mask with flowers blooming out of their back, left eye, and shoulders. There are vines and roots settled right under their skin, and they look gaunt, with prominent collarbones. There's a coiled lump of vines in the center of their middle back.

Contestant

Artist's Name: Sabiene Black
Title: Parasite Garden
Medium: Clay/Ceramic
Dimensions: 5 in x 8 in x 4in
Teacher: Samantha Van Waardhuizen
School/District: Lake Washington High/Lake Washington

 
A depiction of my Amma-amma inspired by how she holds her phone during our weekly video calls. The colors are representative of the joy I feel talking to her and the brightness of a my phone screen during these moments.

Contestant

Artist's Name: Krithika Challa
Title: Amma-Amma
Medium: Digital/ procreate
Dimensions: 1925 px x 3435 px
Teacher: Belle Wages
School/District: Lake Washington High/Lake Washington

 
The artwork depicts a mother and her newborn baby. The mother looks at her child somberly. Her child is an unnatural color; shiny like plastic. Matryoshka dolls are lined up in the background, mirroring the domestic scene.

Contestant

Artist's Name: Lucia Feldman
Title: Infancy in Plastic
Medium: Acrylic on canvas, plastic
Dimensions: 16 x 20 x 1
Teacher: Belle Wages
School/District: Lake Washington High/Lake Washington

 
I used a copper green and a meadow green for the body or shirt that he's wearing. Although his hair is a different story containing a mix of matt and shiny glaze to capture the uniqueness of his hair. For the rest of "Him" I wanted it to look more like a statue so I limited the layers on the shirt and the body I used a flat brown to look erroded and old. Like he's been staring off into the distance for a long time.

Contestant

Artist's Name: Autumn Kidman
Title: Him
Medium: Red Clay
Dimensions: 3 inch. x 11 inch x 9.5 Inch
Teacher: Corrine Lechelt
School/District: Kamiakin High School/Kennewick

 
The image "A Work in Progress" depicts an artist's hands palms up while they decide what to create. The background is blank, so the focus is on the artist themself.

Contestant

Artist's Name: Haven Peterson
Title: A Work in Progress
Medium: Watercolor
Dimensions: 9 x 12 x 0
Teacher: Michelle McBride
School/District: Southridge High School/Kennewick

 
A black-and-white photograph of a suited man with his head replaced by an hourglass. Wristwatches cover one arm and a clock face is embedded in his raised palm. His other arm holds a large wall clock and is wrapped in ropes that trail out of the frame.

Contestant

Artist's Name: Brody Cortina
Title: Borrowed Time, Overdue
Medium: Photography and Photoshop
Dimensions: 8 x 10 x 0
Teacher: Charlene Hardy
School/District: Hanford High School/Richland

 
A portrait of my dear friend and art motivation Veronica done in pencil.

Contestant

Artist's Name: Eduardo Gallegos
Title: My Friend Vero
Medium: Pencil
Dimensions: 12.5 x 15 x 0.5
Teacher: Nathan McEachen
School/District: Pasco Senior High School/Pasco

 
A Colored pencil and turpenoid self portrait of myself acting out the trend "Mewing" with red light highlighting the form of the face.

Contestant

Artist's Name: Benjamin Erickson
Title: Shhh
Medium: Colored Pencil with Turpenoid oil
Dimensions: 9 x 12 x 0
Teacher: Leah Kennedy
School/District: Kamiakin High School/Kennewick

 
Unglazed ceramic sculpture of a woman bust with surface texture

Contestant

Artist's Name: Casie Nguyen
Title: Woman
Medium: Ceramic
Dimensions: 8 x 14 x 6
Teacher: Corrine Lechelt
School/District: Kamiakin High School/Kennewick