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‘Thousand Mile Stare’ by Gabe Adler
By Dylan Horn / Staff Reporter
Senior Gabe Adler’s photo “Thousand Mile Stare” is currently on display outside the Beeler Gallery at the Columbus College of Art and Design after winning a Gold Key at the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards.
He said he didn’t have an inspiration for the piece as it was taken at a moment’s notice with no specific imagination of what the photo would look like.
“I was walking down High Street one day trying out street photography, and I met this man,” Adler explained. “I never caught his name, but I asked to take his photo. I took the photo, and he had this blank stare that I thought looked pretty cool.”
He said he showed his grandpa the photo, and he really liked it, so he decided to submit it.
“I didn’t think that it would be the winning photo,” Adler said. “The image took a second to take, but the editing took a couple of days to get everything right.”
Adler said his photography has changed the way he sees the world. He explained that he often sees things in black and white images, then visualizes what the photo would look like.
“It is all I think about pretty much,” he said. “Even my dreams are in black and white.”
Adler added that after high school, he won’t have as much free time, but he hopes to continue his own work with photography.
‘The Tiger’ by Henry Hondroulis
By Gracie Kay / Staff Reporter
“The Tiger,” a painting by senior Henry Hondroulis, made its debut in the high school’s main entrance display earlier this semester.
Hondroulis explained he created this painting over the course of four months for an English project on the book “The Alchemist.”
“The painting was really just my interpretation of the book, which was to be unapologetic about what you’re doing in life,” he said.
Hondroulis explained there’s no tiger in the actual book.
“I just made the connection between the meaning and the tiger’s role in nature with how it takes what it needs,” he said.
“The Tiger” was the second painting of Hondroulis’ to be featured in the display, replacing his first from last year, he added.
“I definitely felt honored and grateful to have an opportunity to show off my art and my growth since last year,” he said.
Hondroulis explained he became interested in art during his sophomore year after doing a research project on Vincent van Gogh and learning about art for a unit in his Spanish class.
He started painting a year ago and said he is planning to minor in fine art in college.
“In ‘The Alchemist’ they talk about ‘Personal Legends,’ or what your life purpose is,” Hondroulis explained. “I think that my ‘Personal Legend’ and purpose is to create and make things not just for me, but also to bring new things and good energy into the world.”
‘What Was That??’ by Lydia Burger
Junior Lydia Burger’s digital art piece “What Was That??” won a Silver Key in the Scholastic Art Exhibition and was featured in the Columbus College of Art and Design gallery from Feb. 17 to March 7.
Burger said she made the piece over the course of about a month. The piece features a bug frightfully wandering through an empty hallway of an abandoned castle, she explained.
“I think there’s a lot of art that is supposed to be tied to deep emotional stuff, but I just like to draw funny things a lot of the time,” she added.
This is Burger’s first piece to be featured in a gallery, she said. Burger said she has been an artist her whole life and had a goal of winning this award to propel her into a potential career in visual development or entertainment design.
‘The Next Risk’ by Carly Hanin
Junior Carly Hanin’s photo “The Next Risk” earned an honorable mention in the Scholastic Art Exhibition this past month.
Hanin took the photo over the summer at the School of Creative and Performing Arts camp she attended in New York City, she said.
“I’ve always been interested in photography,” Hanin said. “My aunt sent me to this camp, and I figured it would be a cool experience to try out and improve my skills.”
The photo of a skater at Washington Square Park, she explained, was taken during some free time the camp allowed them to have in the city in the evenings.
“It was one of those photos that didn’t really have a meaning and was just a spur-of-the-moment thing where I wasn’t necessarily trying to create anything,” she said. “I was just having a fun night with my friends, so the photo is tied to that memory whenever I look at it.”
Hanin added she is interested in pursuing photojournalism in the future and feels like this honorable mention is a great step forward towards that goal.
Hanin said she encourages other artists to take risks by sharing their work.
“When I submitted it, I definitely wasn’t expecting to win anything, but you never know what can happen,” she said.
