Artist: Alisha Alderson, 18, Handsworth Secondary
Art teacher: Kristy Wensveen
Favourite art: Drawing (charcoal)
Favourite artist: Rodel Gonzalez
Her teacher writes: Alisha is an extremely talented Grade 12 student who utilizes charcoal, watercolour, and pencil in order to achieve realistic, detailed drawings, mainly of human hands and feet and portraits in which she contrasts being young and growing old. Her drawings capture the human spirit, standing out for their thematic qualities and artistic merit.
Young Artists of the Week are selected from North Shore schools by Artists for Kids for displaying exceptional ability in their classroom artwork. For details, visit the website artists4kids.com.
photo Mike Wakefield, North Shore News
