From the moment my hands first clasped onto the cold metal handles of the school doors, I had music blasting through my ears. Music was a constant – a comforting presence in a turbulent sea of emotions...

The girl who walked through Wakefield’s front doors four years ago bears no resemblance to the one who walks through them now. As I approach my final time opening the gates to the school I can’t help...

I’m not really a senior in high school. I’m still 16, a struggling sophomore who just got her license and can’t wait for spring break. After finishing my fiction story about the deadly disease...

Before my junior year, when I was forced to spend seemingly endless days by myself, I had never truly known or understood myself as an individual. I felt too weighed down with insecurities, anxieties and...

When I first walked into Wakefield I thought I was so grown up being able to say I was finally in high school. My dream always was to live my teenage years to the fullest and make memories that would last...

What are you most proud of when considering this artwork? The final result. It represents the output of hard work, trial and error, and mistakes and revisions.    Where do you find inspiration...

What are you most proud of when considering this artwork? When considering this artwork, I am most proud of the detail and realism that I was able to put into the face, especially the light shading...

What are you most proud of when considering this artwork? I like how I managed to make the skull look symmetrical, even though I had never used the prismacolor medium before and had never drawn a skull...

What are you most proud of when considering this artwork? I was most proud of the symmetry among the honeycombs and how there was a different story inside of each one. They all left me wondering what...

What are you most proud of when considering this artwork?  I am most proud of the use of colors and how bright the painting is.   Where do you find inspiration as an artist? For this painting,...

What are you most proud of when considering this artwork? I am most proud of the blending in the sky, the orange doesn’t make the blue tones in the clouds/sky too muddy. Also, the use of different...

What are you most proud of when considering this artwork? I'm proud of the lighting on the trees.   Where do you find inspiration as an artist? Video game character designs and environments...