Mashu Higa, 18, Bodwell High School
Art teacher: Erica Weiss
Favourite art: traditional and psychedelic art
Favourite artists: Alphonse Mucha and Hieronymus Bosch
His teacher writes: Mashu is good at creating detailed work and he appreciates underground art styles from the 1980s and 1990s. He enjoys creating 2D and 3D art with various materials including marbling pen and ink drawing and collage. He also enjoys urban sketching and applying a juxtaposition of weird combinations.
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.