Art by Jaden Wood

Photo of me, 2012

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This is one of the acrylic paintings I am most proud of, which I did in 7th gradein my extracurricular art class. The bright yet lonesome lily pops against thedark water and is surrounded by muted green shades of the lily pads.You can find almost every color in the rainbow in this piece, yet it takes ona musky and earthy feel. The reflection of the flower takes on a different feelof the flower itself, showing its identical self but in darkened shades of blue.

20″ x 16″ canvas

This is the second painting I ever did in myextracurricular art class, and it is a woodland tonedscene. From the log chair to the fir trees, thepainting screams “cabin in the woods”and is outstandingly detailed for a 6th grader.

8″ x 10″ canvas

This is the first painting I ever did in my extracurricular art class. It is an angledperspective of a red barn and its paddocks. The forested mountains in thebackground and not-quite-so-white snow and crooked fence give the scene a non-Photoshopped but realistic look that is hard to ignore.

12″ x 9″ canvas

This is a pen-and-ink, stipple drawing of a horse. I did this drawing when I was onlyin 5th grade. It was my last drawing before I moved into an advanced class. I decided to draw this stipple horse because of my love of horses and my obsession with stipple.This was also my first colored pen-and-ink drawing, which I believe turned out exceptionally well for a 5th grader. This piece shows my understanding of depth, lights, darks and shadows.

15 ¼″ x 15 ¼″framed

This is a reproduction of a photo of a monarch butterfly sitting on a lilac.The vibrant colors complement each other very nicely. My mother tookthis photo, and in 7th grade I decided to recreate it using acrylics andtissue paper. The crumpled paper resembles the 3D look-and-feel of the lilac,while the butterfly adds a little bit of whimsy to the piece.

10″ x 8″ canvas

I made this miniature piece from polymer clay. I made it last year for aspring contest on YouTube, where people could submit pictures of clay pieces.This tree is supposed to represent an old knotted tree that has lost its leavesbut is starting to bud with new life in the first days of spring.

4″ x 3½″

I entered these miniature figurines last year in the spring polymer clay YouTubecontest. Above you see a girl kneeling in front of a blooming flower while holding a rose,a small yellow bird sitting atop a birdfeeder, a potted flower, a chipmunk, and a squirrel. I made the girl to represent the joy and happiness spring brings to people.As you can see she has no mouth, because sometimes the best moments in lifecome in silence. The small woodland creatures (the chipmunk and squirrel) were intentionally made to look joyful and happy. They have mouths to represent that their mostly quiet chitter-chatter could very well be the forest gossip. The potted flower life that has been sustained through the winter is now glad to see the genuine sunof spring. Finally, the small yellow bird was made to resemble a goldfinch, which areoften found on my birdfeeders at home.

This was my extracurricular art class’s group project last year. Everybodypainted their own set of flip-flops, and the theme was, “Oh the places you will go.” The idea was to paint a picture of the places you want to go in your life on theflip-flops, as if your flip-flops have their own story of the places you walked.I chose two beaches and two scenes of turtles swimming. Behind the flip-flopsis a board where I wrote the entire book, Oh the Places You Will Go, by Dr. Seuss.The edges of the flip-flops, bordered by colored fish pebbles and shells (to symbolizethe terrain of wherever I have been), are sticking to the sides of my shoeslike sand. I like the flip-flop on the top the best because the two scenes blendtogether, making the turtle look like it is flying.

flip-flops on 11″ x 14″ poster board

These projects are two maps, one showing parts of the west coast, and the other showing parts of the east coast. I made these in 2012 for my aunt who lives in Southern California. In the pictures shown, you can see that I used pushpins to create hearts around the designated areas.

I then outlined the map with more push pins and thenthreaded yarn around the heart and all throughout theU.S. I did this to show that although my aunt and I liveso far apart, all that matters is each other, not what’sin between.

12″ x 12″ maps on cork board (showing close-up sections)

In 6th grade, I took this photograph of a flower in bloom. The vibrant colorand large size of this flower caught my eye when I was walking through thegardens of the Audubon Society, so I stopped to take a picture. This photocame out amazing to my surprise, so I entered it into a local photo contestand won second place in my division.

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