Student Surrealist Art Exhibit Online: 2025 Statewide

Victoria Martinez
Dreaming Underwater
Photography
Arvida Middle School
Art Teacher: Nadia Fernandez-Castillo
Grade 7

Gabrielle Harms
Broken Cello
Ink
Audubon Park K-8 School
Art Teacher: Patricia Noel
Grade 7

I took inspiration from Dalí in this piece by incorporating how he typically left things up to the audience to decide. The eyes in the background can be comforting you or they can be giving you pressure. The cracks in the cello can represent how you can always fix something, or they can mean that it’s cracking under the pressure. I play cello and sometimes I feel one way and sometimes another way. But it’s all up to one’s own mind.

Ellette Stevens
À La Recherche de Pensées (Burrowing For Thoughts)
Ink, Marker
Avon Park Middle School
Art Teacher: Margaret Pierce
Grade 7

à la recherche de pensées ( burrowing for thoughts )

This art piece was inspired by the constant search of thoughts one may have. At times us humans are incapable of thinking. In our moments we can’t think so we search and search and we dig deep just as rabbits do,we dig into our minds when we are incapable of thought. We Think. We Search. We Burrow.

Grace Wheeler
See Change or Be Change
Collage, Colored Pencil, Marker, Mixed Media, Watercolor, Magazine Paper
Beulah Academy of Science
Art Teacher: Elizabeth Edwards
Grade 6

This self portrait is based off of change depicting self-obsession and social disintegration as a pre-teen growing up in today’s society.

Emily Culbreth
Death of the Universe
Colored Pencil, Mixed Media, Watercolor, Fineliner
Bok Academy South
Art Teacher: Megan Ekenstedt
Grade 7

This piece depicts a young girl with starry tears and hair, and the Cat’s Eye nebula for an eye. The artwork shows the girl suffering a terrible fate, disintegrating into fragments. It is meant to be an insight to the future death of our universe. The work is made from watercolor pencils and a white gel pen that highlights the cool color palette and the glow of stars.

Mya Northcutt
Her Blueprint
Mixed Media
Buddy Taylor Middle School
Art Teacher: Megan Kisner
Grade 8

A woman that compares herself to others so severely, she destroys her true, beautiful self in the process to her perceived viewpoint of perfection. She sees only the good qualities of others, and ignores the poor ones, listening only to the metaphorical “devil on her shoulder”, blind to how much others love, care, and look up to her.

Anthony Meisiek
Untitled
Ink, Watercolor
Buffalo Creek Middle School
Art Teacher: Tatiana Hernandez
Grade 7

Scarlett Lara
Eye for an Eye
Colored Pencil, Pencil
Conway Middle School
Art Teacher: Madison McCoy
Grade 7

This artwork depicts an eye resembling the sun, which is being lowered by a hand. This imagery illustrates the principle of justice, emphasizing that punishment should be proportionate to the offense. It reflects the sentiment expressed in Mahatma Gandhi’s saying, “An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.”

Zinaida Bostan
Falling Rose
Colored Pencil, Marker, Ink, Watercolor
Davenport School of the Arts
Art Teacher: Kyndil Gonzalez
Grade 8

I was given the words, obsession, disintegration and reinvention as prompts for this art piece. The first thing that came to mind was integrating the word disintegration into my piece through a flower; a rose. I wanted to be able to show how something beautiful can eventually go on to take another form that doesn’t take away from that beauty. To add some character I actually burned the sides of the artwork to make it look older. I hope you find as much joy in this piece as I do.

Sophia De la Cruz Ayala
YUMMY
Colored Pencil, Marker, Mixed Media
Davenport School of the Arts
Art Teacher: Kyndil Gonzalez
Grade 7

My artwork YUMMY is based on the term yandere from Japan which describes a person who becomes obsessive and violent towards their love interest. YUMMY depicts a yandere who has become so obsessed with her love interest that she has transformed into a type of man-eater. This artwork was made with markers as the main medium and using Prismacolor colored pencils to refine the smaller details.

Dasia Hardison
Fractured Artist
Digital
Davenport School of the Arts
Art Teacher: Brenna Prewitt
Grade 8

Mathias Munoz
A Wild Goose Chase
Digital
Davenport School of the Arts
Art Teacher: Nancy Rockenbach
Grade 7

Zurisadai Velez
Hand Sight
Photography, Colored Pencil
Davenport School of the Arts
Art Teacher: Christen Rosado
Grade 7

My artwork, “Hand Sight” is a surrealism piece, the materials that I used for this artwork are scissors to cut the picture, colored pencils to draw the highlight, stitches, and the details, glue to put it all together and 2 papers of the same picture just one that is edited black and white and one that is normal lighting, and at last, a picture of your eye edited black and white. This picture is about how blind people use their hands to know what’s in front of them, their way of seeing

Bronx Hanratty
Cascade Creation
Digital
Dr. Mona Jain Middle School
Art Teacher: Katelyn Reyes
Grade 7

Inspired by George Condo’s 2011 piece, I created Cascade Creation to highlight the importance of mental health. This artwork reflects my own experiences with mental health, showing a mind breaking apart and sanity melting away. I used Photoshop skills to craft this piece, aiming to raise awareness and connect with others who have faced similar challenges. The melting and fragmented elements symbolize disintegration; the creative process allowed me to reinvent my perspective on mental health.

Emi Seidl
Beautiful Ballerina With a Swan Head and Wings, Dancing on a Lake With White Swans
Colored Pencil, Watercolor
Dr. Mona Jain Middle School
Art Teacher: Denise Mueller
Grade 7

The title of my piece is “Beautiful Ballerina with a swan head and wings, dancing on a lake with white swans.” I have always loved the art of ballet. It was something I wanted but could not pursue, so instead I chose to create this art piece of dance to keep with me. For the exhibits theme I painted half ballerina half swan for reinvention; For obsession I drew ballet, something I love; For disintegration I had the feathers from her wings fall. The surrealist technique I used was transformation.

Josephine Cary
Distorted Reality
Ink, Marker
Florida Virtual School
Art Teacher: Amanda Crossley
Grade 7

Olivia Torlak
Pixelated Reverie: The Girl with the Candy Apple Head
Colored Pencil, Marker, Mixed Media, Watercolor
Edward W. Bok Academy North
Art Teacher: Cole Jaques
Grade 8

The following art piece I have created is inspired by a fuse between a game I enjoy called Cookie Run Kingdom and the horror element in media. Having a more pixelated theme and idea, I decided it to be more fitting to make it relative to old 8-bit horror games. The main elements of this specific piece were the water color I used for the background and colored pencil for the girl and the shading in the background.

Vy Nguyen
To Be a Bear
Watercolor, Mixed Media
Florida Virtual Middle School
Art Teacher: Karen Richter
Grade 8

I was inspired by a video I watched about a mother bear and her cubs. The robot holds the leaves as it longs to be a bear. He feels envious of the love and warmth the mother bear and her children have for each other. The bears are blurry as they are only a figment of the robot’s imagination.

Itsani Zacnité De Santiago Cepeda
Tormented by Worries
Oil
Florida Virtual School
Art Teacher: Michelle Capala
Grade 8

This artwork explores a student’s obsession with pleasing society, their family, or even themselves,
with wanting to be perfect and getting good grades.

This obsession can lead to personal disintegration when you stop enjoying what makes you happy. You become a fragile being, easily torn apart, with no sense of purpose in life.

But when you return to what you love in life and enjoy it, it becomes a construct; the person grows, learns, and lives happily.

Elisa Amelia Betancourt Duran
In Front of Others
Marker
Hammock Middle School
Art Teacher: Katherine Martinez
Grade 8

1- I was inspired to make this painting by Dali’s many paintings. I wanted to learn a little more about his art, and seeing such beautiful paintings inspired me to make this drawing.

3- Dali’s work is magical because, at least as I see it, it is unusual but beautiful and original, and those are the 3 things I love about painting.

Mier Montserrat
My Own Olympus
Collage
Highland Oaks Middle School
Art Teacher: Anna Weiss
Grade 8

Amelia Stein
Control of the Cards
Digital, Colored Pencil
Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy
Art Teacher: Jennifer Bergendahl
Grade 8

I was inspired to create this piece, Control of the Cards by this year’s theme: “Obsession, Disintegration and Reinvention”. I chose the subject, the girl in the pond, due to how obsession shows in my life—studying everything for details and symbolism, until it consumes you. She’s holding cards because cards are always symbolism for something. Finally, the pond drives the feeling of drowning in your obsessions.

Benjamin Fuller
Greg On the Dance Floor
Acrylic
Howard Middle School
Art Teacher: Taylor Heeg
Grade 8

Oriana Davila
Eyes of Life
Ink, Acrylic
Innovation Middle School
Art Teacher: Kristen Berk
Grade 7

Life is composed of multiple elements that create the world. With this painting, I represent those elements nurturing a dying world, a world losing hope. I express this through the eyes spread across the painting, each reflecting their unique elements that sustain life. The butterflies and flowers symbolize the hopes and dreams that were lost. Meanwhile, the flowing tears illustrate hard work restoring the barren ground. I aim to convey that life is something to be experienced to its fullest.

Abbey Williams
Emanated
Graphite, Colored Pencil, Marker
Inverness Middle School
Art Teacher: Roxana Sincore
Grade 8

The main subject of my artwork is the girl with flowers emerging from the side of her face and that’s why I titled it “Emanated.” My piece was inspired by a pop surrealist artist. I used the surrealist technique “dislocation.” Instead of flowers growing out of the soil, there are flowers growing out of the girl’s face.

Claire Jones
Food Fixation
Acrylic, Ceramics
Jewett Middle Academy Magnet
Art Teacher: Caitlin Friedenstein
Grade 8

My artwork is french fries in a box that you would normally get from a fast-food restaurant but with fingers representing the fries. My piece is made of clay. I used glaze for the box and the fingernails and acrylic for the skin. The piece is called “Food Fixation” because it expresses a social issue, the “obsession” with fast food, or unhealthy eating in general. I made fingers instead of fries as if a person became the fries. I was inspired by the saying “you are what you eat.”

Penelope DeMarco
Child Psychology
Mixed Media
Lecanto Middle School
Art Teacher: Hillary Hewit
Grade 7

This piece is something I tried to represent as a sense of overwhelmth and wrongness, an emotion so overcomplicated and blurred by the perception of emotion and others, that the anxiety accompanied by the thought that even if everyone else is doing it without shame, without being nipped at by sharp tongued remarks, yet the fear of doing would still be there.

Aaliyah Pavlat
Teeth Collectors
Colored Pencil
Louise R. Johnson K-8 School of International Studies
Art Teacher: Greg Corban
Grade 8

Teeth Collectors was inspired by the Hispanic myth that has mice collecting children’s teeth and bringing them to the mice queen so necklaces can be made. My response to the theme was showing the obsession with teeth through the tooth fairy and mice who collect children’s teeth. Dali’s art is surreal, and my art has the surrealism techniques of dislocation, size, and levitation that are shown through the floating teeth, coins, and mice.

Mila Renteria
Fascination, Fragments, Fish
Mixed Media
Miami Arts Studio 6-12
Art Teacher: Brian Reedy
Grade 8

London Bradley
Art
Colored Pencil
Ocoee Middle School
Art Teacher: Dominguez
Grade 7

Exceptional

Adriana Rodriguez
Cosmic Contemplation
Watercolor
Paul W. Bell Middle School
Art Teacher: Lisa Oberlander
Grade 8

This artwork consists of sharp, abstract shapes, while also consisting of dreamy, unreal qualities combined to showcase the theme and my style into one single piece. Additionally, I interpret this piece by the feeling practicing mindfulness, because your thoughts are running back and forth & left and right, to the point you feel like you’ll explode and “destroy”, and I like to interpret this piece like that, but there are unlimited ways that one can interpret this piece.

Leah Andarcio
You Cannot Turn Back on Addiction
Marker; Colored Pencil; Watercolor
Pine Island Academy
Art Teacher: Lacey Taylor
Grade 7

Reading this theme sparked an idea within me, something I’m sure anyone could agree with. It’s a plain answer for a theme like obsession, disintegration, and reinvention, but it should be no surprise that cigarettes were mentioned in my artwork. Afterall, the use of cigarettes disintegrates a person, and reinvents them into obsession. Yes, it was only a small part of my work, but that isn’t the only way I presented the message. The sketchy lines, the messy usage of color enhance the message.

Trinity Hare
Bitten Angels
Colored Pencil
Rochelle School of the Arts
Art Teacher: Simoni Bonadies
Grade 8

“Bitten Angels” depicts one of the seven sins, lust. It shows two angels posed in front of a large snake. The male angel with a snake on his wings, which shows he has fallen from grace. The Cupid coming out of his mouth is his ill intentions of seduction. The female angel with a ribbon on her wings representing her pure heart and innocence, which the fallen has now pierced. The large snake stares in commendation, showing that the most stoic can fail to temptation.This allegorical piece represents the sin of lust through two angels and a looming snake. Symbolism fills the composition—from a ribbon of innocence to Cupid’s corrupted arrow—portraying temptation, purity, and the fall from grace.

Kaylee Perry
The Pain of the Pink Scissors
Colored Pencil
Rochelle School of the Arts
Art Teacher: Brandie King
Grade 8

This artwork was inspired by my strong beautiful warrior of a grandma who was faced with breast cancer like tons of women in the world now. The scissors pink tips represent the cancer causing a lost of hair. The hair holding the bell represents being cured and overcoming the pain and suffering of cancer. My grandma will always be my hero and influence and inspiring figure in my life.

Stella Jiron
In A World Of Purple Cola
Colored Pencil; Marker; Watercolor
Saint Theresa Catholic School
Art Teacher: Christine Prieto
Grade 7

I was inspired to create this piece when I saw a bush of lavender. Ever since that day, I have always loved the color purple. This connects to my artwork because I decided to take something from the natural world and mix it with something man made, a Coca Cola bottle. My work shows my obsession with the color purple. I love how the color mixed with Coca Cola to create a surreal world.

Gabriel Garcia
Show Time
Mixed Media, Collage
Rowlett Middle Academy
Art Teacher: Brittany Braniger Grade 7

Sophie Rahn
The Distorted Pearl
Oil
Seven Springs Middle School
Art Teacher: Elena Armenta-Garcia
Grade 8

This theme inspired me to rework an older vintage piece. I reinvented the “Girl With a Pearl Earring” by Johannes Vermeer into my own style and what I believed would embody this subject. I wanted to incorporate concepts of the disintegration to display an abstract portrait with area for interpretation.

Adelei Elzweig
Bone Apple Teeth
Mixed Media; Marker; Textiles
Thomas L. Sims Middle School
Art Teacher: Michele Dinwiddie
Grade 8

My work shows the balance between genesis and decay. The piece is a tribute to my obsessive pursuits of creation in the face of its inevitable undoing. The all-consuming stitches will eventually unravel, the pigment will fade, and the project will fall into disrepair. As is inherent in the artistic cycle.

Shirley Zhou
Our Roles Change
Acrylic
Water Spring Middle School
Art Teacher: John Duckworth
Grade 6

Has something random ever pop in your head? For me it was a dog with hands. Imagine if they could do what humans can, maybe even replace them. Which led to the painting of a dog: changing roles with its own family. With a pair of loving hands, a beautiful pearl jade necklace, and their collar taken off- changing its place from being a pet to the most important family member. And the cause? A nuke.

Rex Tilger
Unexpected Sighting
Digital
Wedgefield School
Art Teacher: Ellen Kramer
Grade 6

I hate avocados and think they belong in outer space. When looking at the pit, it reminds me of a planet. So, I made the avocado into a planet and added other planets around it. Then I placed the astronaut and space rover in the foreground like they are being sucked into its gravitational field.

Chantel Costoso
Obsesión del Océano
Watercolor
Winthrop Charter School
Art Teacher: Jill Maxwell
Grade 8

My art was inspired by going on my boat to see the ocean. I was also inspired by popular artworks focusing on people floating in the water. My art responded to the theme because I painted a beautiful woman disintegrating into water, so obsessed with the ocean she dies peacefully into the water. The surrealism techniques I used for this piece were levitation and transparency.

Ava Angelie Cruz
Sea of Sight
Watercolor; Colored Pencil; Marker
Winthrop Charter School
Art Teacher: Jill Maxwell
Grade 8

Surreal eyes float in a vivid sea, symbolizing obsession’s grip on perception. Blending bright hues and flowing forms, this work merges reality with inner thoughts—capturing how fixation alters the way we view the world.

Alice Henry
Overconsumption
Watercolor
Academy at the Lakes
Art Teacher: Matthew Paltoo
Grade 11

Yaldemar Maldonado Negron
Eyes of Life
Graphite
Acceleration East High School
Art Teacher: Susan Ker
Grade 11

We’re all connected in some way; trees are a representation of us. Hands paving their way through them is our desire to attain such a connection. A desire we take for granted. Trees being what we are becoming, planted, living, and never finding freedom. Eyes, all of us watching others obsess over things that aren’t ours, a lust for it. Such is life.

Alex Gabriel-Martin
Arachnid Terror
Colored Pencil
Arthur & Polly Mays Conservatory of the Arts
Art Teacher: Gerald Obregon
Grade 11

The fear of spiders inspired my piece, which is named “Arachnid Terror,” but instead of focusing on fear, I explored obsession. I depicted a person slowly turning into webs to show how obsession consumes identity. I used colored pencil, paint, and oil pastel. Surrealist techniques like transformation and distortion helped create a dreamlike, unsettling feeling that matched the theme of obsession and disintegration.

Sherlyn Bedolla
Glass Tongue
Digital, Photography
Bay High School
Art Teacher: Amanda Hunt
Grade 10

This work is inspired by Philippe Halsman and Frida Kahlo. The young girl develops an obsession with appearance and Americanized appeal. This is what the makeup and phone represent. While the scissors symbolize disintegration that welcomes a reinvention of herself. Staying true to one’s reflection and to not give way to temptation(the mirror on her tongue reflecting herself). Embracing her Central American roots and growing into her new self. Learning to thrive in a new place.

Addison Burr
Sweet Deception
Colored Pencil
Boone High School
Art Teacher: Nicole Moitoza
Grade 9

Inspired by Valentine’s Day and the sharing of sweetheart candies, this piece combines two contrasting elements: sugary treats and raw hearts to create an intriguing, unexpected juxtaposition. The focus is on disintegration and obsession, depicting a candy hearts packet with raw hearts overflowing to suggest dissolution. It uses vibrant colors to represent intensity. The blending of these realistic elements results in a form of distorted realism.

Shakira Ali
Façade
Colored Pencil, Watercolor
Celebration High School
Art Teacher: Jerylin Florimonte
Grade 10

What inspired me to create this piece was the concept of a façade falling apart. I decided to respond to the theme by physically representing the deterioration of the façade of beauty in the disintegration of the subject’s form. In this piece, the lady pulls off her exterior to reveal the horror within, which embodies the Surrealist idea of inner realities.

Isabella Aparicio Romero
Untitled
Acrylic
Celebration High School
Art Teacher: Judith Maiorana Landin
Grade 11

Zoey Hale
Forgive Me
Colored Pencil, Marker
Citrus High School
Art Teacher: Kelly Bermudez
Grade 11

I was driving home from work while listening to a song about doomed love which inspired me. Our obsession with love and longing can be the death of us, and the things we would do to get it back. Love can make people end it all for one last touch. I represent this with blue roses to symbolize an unattainable love, the purple hyacinths indicate sorrow and longing. A faceless mask represents a loss of oneself. The broken mirror symbolizes the struggle the man faces in the loss of his one true love.

Gabriella A. Crump
Pick Me Apart
Acrylic, Colored Pencil
Coral Reef Senior High School
Art Teacher: Perri Cox
Grade 10

In this piece, I wanted to show the different sides of my personality and how they can feel like they’re disintegrating. The claw machine represents different pieces of who I am, with each plushie symbolizing a part of myself that feels distant or out of reach. I used pink and teal for a dreamlike feel, while the outer space background suggests a loss of control over parts of my identity.

Ella Buccolo
Nature Obsession
Colored Pencil
DeLand High School
Art Teacher: Bryan Carson
Grade 12

What inspired me to make this drawing was the growing popularity of environmental awareness; A fad that people wear and can take off at will. Salvador Dali’s work is a product of his time, revolutionary now and back then. Replicating the style of surrealist art was very difficult. When I first heard of the theme, I thought of my obsession with stars, but then pivoted over to the more general obsession with nature as a concept.

Katalina Melchoir
Nurture the Thrive
Colored Pencil, Mixed Media, Oil Pastels
Dr. Phillips High School
Art Teacher: Abigail C. Calloway
Grade 10

Art is a world I enter free from my everyday priorities and responsibilities. I am authentically myself exhibiting my thoughts, emotions, capabilities, and freedom when I can roam and explore new heights within my art work. This piece exemplifies love, nature, nurture and the will to thrive. Others see my work as a supernatural talent; I see my work as a moment of peace and out of body experience to be genuine and meaningful.

Tyler Scarborough
New Blood
Colored Pencil
Dr. Phillips High School
Art Teacher: Abigail Callaway
Grade 12

Engulfed in a saturated blur that seems to disintegrate the foremost subject in her obsessive haze, “New Blood”‘s whimsy is drenched in an irreverent melancholy. The absent-minded subject’s all-consuming canopy hides a cheeky secret– reinvention comes rushing in ridiculously in the form of the chainsaw-wielding maniac, whose form is lost on the ignorant daydreamer, swallowing him in the crowded crawl of her amorphous mindscape, preoccupied with her self-indulgent, melodramatic, wistful sighs.

Azaliah Baptiste
Verschlimmbesserung
Mixed Media, Gouache, Marker, Ink, Colored Pencil
Florida Virtual School
Art Teacher: Trevis Williams
Grade 9

The title “Verschlimmbesserung” pronounced ( fer-SHLIM-beh-ser-ong) is german for attempting to improve something but only making it worse. I feel social media gives teens ways to “reinvent” or “improve” ourselves but only seems to cause more damage in our day to day lifes. We disintegrate from the real world and become obsessed over our appearance and actions.

Alexandra (Ray) Hollingsworth
On the Precipice
Digital
Florida Learning Virtual School
Art Teacher: Mariela Estevez
Grade 10

I made this piece to symbolize the obsessive and consuming thoughts and emotions that anxiety often provokes. The girl in the artwork is pictured with “monstrous” hands reaching and engrossing her. This conveys the feeling of being trapped and helpless because of one’s anxiousness. Her clown makeup expresses how anxiety often causes many individuals, including myself, to feel ashamed by their fears, which are labeled as irrational. It is the precipice of staying trapped or moving forward.

Chloe Lewis
Self Acceptance
Mixed Media
Florida Virtual School
Art Teacher: Nicholas Tangredi
Grade 11

The process of giving myself attention and love inspired this artwork. Struggling to gain the affection of others became an obsession ,making my life harder, leading to a downfall mentally. I felt as though I was ripping apart; disintegrating. I’ve realized, that cutting toxic people from my life and embracing only those that cherish me, it’s much easier to give myself validation. It is still difficult, I am still tired and healing, but I am finally free. I just need time.

Morgan McNeil
You Can’t Look Down On the Clouds
Digital
Florida Virtual School
Art Teacher: Lisa Pearce
Grade 11

Nsren Muorie
Starfield
Digital
Florida Virtual School
Art Teacher: Lisa Mills
Grade 11

Suliet Gutierrez Valdes
Reinvention of a Butterfly
Graphite
Florida Virtual School
Art Teacher: Stephanie Mier
Grade 12

Sam Johnson
They’re Only Chasing Safety
Mixed Media, Marker, Colored Pencil, White Gel Pen
Horizon High School
Art Teacher: Christine Murphy
Grade 11

My inspiration that guided this artwork was the album They’re Only Chasing Safety, by Underoath. To illustrate the chaotic heart-racing atmosphere of this album, I tied obsession to the elements in my piece through details like consistent bold colors and highlights. Disintegration is also displayed by the hand coming apart, and merging into the red veins along the side. I used surrealist techniques such as symbolism, including imaginary visuals, and overall created a “dream-like” artwork.

Samuel Stewart
Untitled
Found Objects
Hudson High School
Art Teacher: Ariana
Santillana
Grade 9

Alyssa Woznick
Eye of the Flock
Ceramics, Plaster, Wire
Hudson High School
Art Teacher: Faith Neris
Grade 11

Shannon Wills
Manifest Destiny
Collage
Jupiter Community Senior High School
Art Teacher: Sarah Knudtson
Grade 12

This piece reflects the western obsession with progress. The use of collage of the horse on top of the map indicates the force and speed at which humans take to improve, despite what stands in their way. It juxtaposes the calmer lifestyle of some cultures with the greed of others that causes the disintegration and reinvention of two societies over time.

Shara Bustos Garcia
Life, Pain and Happiness
Acrylic
Kirkland Ranch Academy
Art Teacher: Juliana Frain
Grade 9

Sometimes life is painful, and make you cry. But always we can see the hope and and soon you will find the peace. The rocks shape your soul.

Carla Smallwood-Hidalgo
Stagnant
Acrylic, Collage, Mixed Media
Kirkland Ranch Academy of Innovation
Art Teacher: Chris Munoz
Grade 10

This piece is important to me because it has a lot of symbolism in it. Specifically, this work is inspired by my faith; the collage of hands represents all people while the phone embodies the call of God. By using three mediums, the piece looks mismatched which emphasizes the surrealism aspect.

Erin Gaughran
Dedicated
Pastels
Merritt Island High School
Art Teacher: Lauren Sorey
Grade 10

Maikol Leyva
Bite the Bullet
Acrylic
Merritt Island High School
Art Teacher: Lauren Sorey
Grade 12

The Obsession of the idiom of bite the bullet essentially means to force yourself to be brave or complete a difficult task which originates from soldiers biting bullets during surgery before the use of anesthesia. which the title “ bite the bullet “ also comes from the drawing itself being a cowboy biting a bullet with the title on his teeth and him having bullets between his fingers. The cowboy is also blindfolded to further represent tough times.

Alexa Martinez
Perfections Torture
Acrylic
Miami Arts Studio 6-12
Art Teacher: Jorge Del Valle
Grade 10

Antonella Sabatino
Portrait of the Mountains
Mixed Media
Miami Arts Studio 6-12
Art Teacher: Jorge Del Valle
Grade 9

Aidan Passon
Imprisoned by His Own Mind
Marker, Ink
Miami Beach Senior High School
Art Teacher: Grace Cox
Grade 11

My piece was inspired by a comic book page showing an old man about to die, with his soul manifesting behind him as a shun. It reflects obsession—he thinks so much that his mind creates ghosts to haunt him, pushing him to act. However, he fears them, so he remains trapped by his own mind. The only technique I used was drawing things unseen in real life, like ghosts and the background. I also used foreshortening to make the ground look more realistic.

Isobel Kikoff
Living in Hysteria
Colored Pencil
Miami Beach Senior High School
Art Teacher: Osvaldo Samper
Grade 11

This piece is a commentary of our world in terms of politics and environment through my eyes. With misinformation spreading rampant, we often don’t have our eyes “open” to the truth. Leading to hysteria and mistrust amongst ourselves and the eventual downfall of society as a whole.

Arianna Urdaneta
Insomniac Thoughts
Acrylic Markers
Miami Beach Senior High School
Art Teacher: Oswaldo Samper
Grade 12

My art explores two sides of myself: the inner emotions I struggle to express and the fantasies I escape into. I use saturated colors, shifting styles, and light to convey anguish, insecurities, and introspection. Simultaneously, I depict dreams and escapism, blending fantasy with realism. Gouache and acrylic help me explore themes like growing up while clinging to imagination. Inspired by Hispanic artists like Joaquín Sorolla, I use light to evoke emotion, memory, and the soul of my subjects.

Neveah Brainard
Kaleidoscopic Paranoia
Mixed Media
Mount Dora High School
Art Teacher: Theresa Albanese
Grade 12

Ricardo Gonzalez Barrera
Galaxy Time
Digital, Photography
NeoCity Academy
Art Teacher: Geoffrey von Rentzell
Grade 9

Magnus Drogos
The Feast of The Corrupt
Digital
NeoCity Academy
Art Teacher: Alvin Olivo
Grade 9

My artwork explores the theme of corporate greed and its destructive impact. I used surrealism to create a dreamlike, ruined city where men in suits have insect heads, symbolizing corruption and greed. The burning plane and crumbling street represent disintegration and chaos caused by selfish actions. Inspired by Salvador Dalí, I used symbolism and unnatural imagery to show how greed can eat away at society, just like parasites feed off their hosts.

Priscilla Coley
I Pledge
Colored Pencil, Graphite, Ink, Marker
New Smyrna Beach High School
Art Teacher: Linda Rosa
Grade 12

This piece is representing by many soldiers coming home after or during war and being rejected by friends and family. These soldiers who fought for our country becoming outcasts for surviving war.

Hunter LeVine
Stone Faced
Sculpture
New Smyrna Beach High School
Art Teacher: Kristen Gregor
Grade 12

“Stone Faced” represents will and faith. The man encased in stone clings onto life in hope of salvation. Water trickles down through crevices into his mouth; minerals from dirt and algae provide loose nutrients. His unveiling from the sediment is a shock, shifting the knowledge we have of human perseverance.

Cassidy Brown
Image of Self
Acrylic
North Marion High School
Art Teacher: Gloria Sed
Grade 11

The constant obsession about appearance plays a role in many aspects of a person’s life. I wanted to express this idea through my work by focusing on the idea of the image of yourself. The skeleton represents disintegration of your true self, with the transition from bone to flesh being reinvention of your image. The levitating eyes represent the obsession with how people perceive you. Mirrors appear to be hanging on transparent walls, displaced from where you normally may find them.

Gianna Benton
Open Up
Mixed Media
North Port High School
Art Teacher: Chloe DuBois
Grade 11

For this piece, I was trying something new. I drew inspiration mostly from Dalí’s work, implementing the liminal surreal background with a dreamlike figure. Initially, I was unsure of how I would go about the theme, but I settled on the blurred face, blocked with a butterfly, to represent internal obsession. The curly hair suggests that there’s more to the figure—an individual personality—and the mouth represents the desire to speak out even when it is unwanted.

Khrystyna Petriv
Tangled Dreams
Mixed Media, Yarn
North Port High School
Art Teacher: Felicia DeSiano
Grade 11

My artwork combines yarn and soft chalk pastels to create a textured, expressive portrait. Inspired by Juca Máximo’s powerful female figures and Joan Miró’s abstract patterns, I explored emotion and movement through bold colors and intricate details. This piece challenged me to experiment with mixed media, blending realism with surrealism to convey energy, identity, and imagination.

Nathalia Ramirez
Innovation
Colored Pencil, Mixed Media, Watercolor
North Port High School
Art Teacher: Robertson Marianne
Grade 12

As part of this creative invention project, I wanted to utilize the imaginary aspect of the prompt. I went for a swirling and nonsensical feel for it and included different colors and textures for the patchwork effect, I overall let my imagination do the work and let it take me in new and colorful directions.

Emma Clements
Flooded Mind
Graphite
Oak Hall High School
Art Teacher: Becky Lancer
Grade 9

I usually work in pencil and focus on figure drawing, often using angels as my subject. My style changes, but I try to capture a mood or emotion in each piece. This one is meant to make the viewer feel uneasy—like the angel doesn’t belong in the space it’s in. For this piece, I used a mix of references and added my own creative touches to create a scene that feels a little surreal or off, while still rooted in something familiar.

Sammie Bruner
Watchers
Colored Pencil, Ink, Marker, Mixed Media
Oak Hall School
Art Teacher: Becky Lancer
Grade 9

My work explores feelings of paranoia and the “obsession” part of this year’s theme. This piece shows how the subject is plagued with feelings of paranoia and the feeling of being watched. I decided to show that with the “eyes” on a peacock’s feathers manifesting into real eyes that the subject is tormented by.

Shinju Shroyer
Ethan’s Hand
Ceramics
Oakleaf High School
Art Teacher: Kezia Laberis
Grade 12

Using techniques such as symbolism, displacement, and dislocation, my work responds to the themes of obsession and disintegration. My goal for this work was to create unease through the depiction of a familiar image in a physically altered condition, as seen with the broken and avulsed ring finger. The broken finger ultimately symbolizes broken relationships and trust. The obsession with a lover as well as the physical and emotional disintegration of a relationship is incorporated in my work.

Brooke Deaton
Deterioration
Ceramics
Olympia High School
Art Teacher: Patricia Norton
Grade 11

Bryanna Whitaker
Next Mission
Colored Pencil; Acrylic
Olympia High School
Art Teacher: Joanna Levine
Grade 10

The next mission is about three alien spies. They are preparing for their next mission in another galaxy. The upcoming assignment involves three extraterrestrial operatives and how they use their special gifts. The artwork shows them in a relaxed environment.

Alana Christine Boyle
DeadMan Wonderland
Colored Pencil, Tempera
Osceola High School
Art Teacher: Elizabeth Colon-Rodriguez
Grade 9

A messed up, dark and twisted wonderland, with a deprived and obsessed, ruthless king. I used, Obsession, Disintegration, and Transparency. My process, took about 2 days. Sketching, lining, and painting with temperas. I used dim colors, and lightings. My goal for this was to incorporate a wonderland, but surrounded by, a dark hatred, and obsession. In think that, the dim colors, the transparency, and large/small objects really come together, and that the dark wonderland theme really went well.

Santiago Rodriguez
The Many Reflections
Acrylic
Osceola High School
Art Teacher: Maria Custis
Grade 10

Dorilynn Bulls
The Idealist of Pleasures
Colored Pencil
Park Vista High School
Art Teacher: Laura Mambourg
Grade 12

The average human life span is 72 years, and despite how long that seems, we never get to accomplish everything we want. We yearn to explore, travel from place to place, while forming bonds. Humans were born with the ability never to stop learning, yet we are faced with the inevitability of passing away. Even in our dreams where it seems we have it all, that too, eventually comes to an abrupt end. You will never be full.

Mia Gonzalez
The Unraveling
Gouache
Parrish Community High School
Art Teacher: Cary Jones
Grade 12

AMy piece, “The Unraveling”, was formulated surrounding the concept of Alzheimer’s and my fear of losing myself to the passing of time. A diagnosis of this disease guarantees the severing and disintegration of brain cell connections or synapses, triggering memory loss. As I head towards this potential path, my fear of losing part of my identity increases, which I hope to portray through this painting.

Avery Scribner
Held Without Hands
Photography
Parrish Community High School
Art Teacher: Kelly Schweers
Grade 11

This photograph explores the intangible yet crushing weight of internal struggle and emotional confinement, capturing the sensation of being restrained by forces that are not physically present but deeply felt. The layered motion and haunting gaze evoke a sense of helplessness, where the mind becomes both captor and captive. Through this piece I aim to visualize the invisible grip of anxiety, fear, and inner conflict, highlighting the tension between wanting to break free and feeling trapped.

Dalani Thomas
Am I Real?
Acrylic, Colored Pencil, Mixed Media, Watercolor, Oil Pastel
Robert Morgan High School
Art Teacher: Gonzalez Milagros
Grade 11

I tried to show how I feel when I experience depersonalization through surrealism. My creative process was filled with trial and error due to the difficulty in trying to convey this feeling into art. Using surrealism I combined a plethora of elements using light and dark to show the negatives and positives of depersonalization. Also using blue and green to add a concept of complimentary colors to pull the piece together.

Hamish L. Robertson
Enlightened One
Colored Pencil
Saint Stephen’s Episcopal School
Art Teacher: Olivia Thornton
Grade 11

The obsession we humans have with making man and machine one is a common trait for us to possess. But, the combination of metal and flesh will take away our humanity, our human spirit. This obsession will make concepts like imagination and creativity artificial, there won’t be any magic in art. There won’t be any unknown. Sure the melding of man and machine has benefits, but are those benefits worth the death of one’s imagination, creativity, heart, and humanity.

Gianna Cicalese
Relentless Cycle
Colored Pencil, Graphite
Seabreeze High School
Art Teacher: Kasondra Price
Grade 10

The statue and candle shows the duality between permanence and impermanence. Simultaneously the statue is enthralled with this idea of perfect rebirth depicted by the idealized lotus; it does not notice the shifting state it is already going through. The Fibonacci sequence demonstrates the connection for how nature and the mind gravitate towards the repeating cycle. This is synonymous with the human condition and the dichotomy between flawless deconstruction and reinvention versus the reality.

Peyton Lilly
Cycle of Perspectives
Ceramics, Mixed Media, Sculpture
Seabreeze High School
Art Teacher: Christine Colby
Grade 10

My sculpture depicts the image of a rotating fractured face. Fractured pieces appear broken and cracked, aligned in unrealistic positions on a rotating support. The subject obsesses over the constant need to redevelop their personality, changing their behaviors and looks. But never feeling it is enough. Therefore the subject is in pieces on a forever rotating cycle, reforming and breaking repetitively. This is a struggle a lot of young people in this generation, including myself.

Kameron Brown
Picture Perfect
Colored Pencil, Ink, Watercolor, Marker
Sebring High School
Art Teacher: Kristy Harris
Grade 12

My piece was based on the concept of being obsessed with a person, or the appearance of yourself. Each photo on the wall has the different features of a human body, which symbolizes the many insecurities a person may have, such as the eyes, nose, or mouth. The skeletons represent how a person could still be obsessed with themselves, even on their deathbed. The colors and appearance of the room are based on haunted mansions.

Eliseo Cardona
Tongue Tied
Colored Pencil
Sebring High School
Art Teacher: Kristy Harris
Grade 12

I drew a photo of one of my favorite fashion designers, Michele Lamy, and made her blue. Since I don’t know how to draw hair very well, I drew her hair as multiple red snakes. I also gave her a really long tongue because I thought it would look cool.

Izabella Foisy-Mazariegos
The Deal
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Ink, Watercolor
Sebring High School
Art Teacher: Steven Van dam
Grade 12

The Deal has been my most vulnerable piece out of all my work. Living as a borderline, all you grow to know is dysregulation. The constant ache and knowing that you’d sacrifice even the profitless parts of yourself, just for the empty promise of love. In that, becoming a mundane shell of lust bordered by beauty was my only imperative.

Maria Santiz
Spirit
Digital
South Walton High School
Art Teacher: Rhonda McEnany
Grade 10

“Spirit” is about how life change overtime. I took this photograph when I was 15 years old and manipulated it using PicsArt app. It reminds me about the good stuff.The flower on the crown symbolizes the people’s beauty and the city is the love night life. I used the juxtaposition technique of the ears as an angel wings to create a feeling of Surrealism. In addition, I applied scale distribution to the city and the moon at the bottom of the page.

Jacob Johnson
Revved Emotions
Colored Pencil, Graphite, Marker
Sunlake High School
Art Teacher: Jill Hallauer
Grade 11

“Revved Emotions” displays the tension between raw, mechanical energy and delicate, human emotion. The engine, pulsing like a heartbeat, represents how emotions drive us—sometimes overpowering, sometimes stalled—yet always central to our existence. This piece represents the constant movement and inner conflict that shape our thoughts and emotions.

Grace Mortensen
Unfinished Dreams
Colored Pencil, Marker, Mixed Media, Pen
Sunlake High School
Art Teacher: Jill Hallauer
Grade 12

“My piece, ‘Unfinished Dreams,’ was crafted using brush tip markers, colored pencils, and micron pens. I wanted to capture the intense obsession reflected in the repetitive patterns of the zebras. The way the zebras dissolve into the water, having fallen from the circus mobile, evokes a haunting emptiness, leaving the observer in a state of contemplation about whether the piece is truly complete. This disintegration serves as a metaphor for lost dreams and the fragility of existence.”

Priscila Garcia
Artificial Imagination
Digital
Sunlake High School
Art Teacher: Mariela Estevez
Grade 12

In my piece Artificial Imagination, I explored the role of A.I. in society. I wanted to focus on how people have become dependent on technology and how A.I. can harm and potentially take artists place. The girl on the left represents society’s addiction to technology, with human confessions of this dependence behind her. On the right, A.I. is portrayed as the ‘new’ artist, symbolizing how people are allowing A.I. to live their lives for them.

Sophia Spiliotis
Day at the Beach
Mixed Media
Suwannee High School
Art Teacher: Pamela Williams
Grade 11

This work is a play on imagination & how even the smallest subject can hold vast meaning when we allow ourselves to see it. While Inspired by the memory of this crab, the piece is less about the loss & more about the presence this small thing had in such an important way in my life. Anything can inspire curiosity & wonder.

Ariela Villalona
Peek-a-Boo
Ceramics
Tohopekaliga High School
Art Teacher: Amanda Sullivan
Grade 11

The eye is a symbol that represents fear of paranoia, being watched over constantly. With paranoia, the obsession of fear takes place. I believe my piece has an uncanny effect due to the realistic eye being placed in a void like dish. The profound black glaze adds a certain quality to the eye, allowing it to be the only form seen in the blackness. Obession tends to distort reality, leading to a void that can only be seen by the viewer.  

Aaliyah Dickey
A Ballerina’s Reverie
Acrylic
Tohopekaliga High School
Art Teacher: Jackelyn Adkins
Grade 10

The transformation symbolizes sacrifice and the fleeting nature of beauty. The ballerina melts with the wax, representing the emotional and physical toll of dedication. Her tutu utilizes the same colors as the candle, implying self-sacrifice. She holds a rose, embodying that beauty and pain coexist. The background implies impermanence, as a dancer’s career is often short-lived. Moreover, this piece conveys artistic devotion, fleeting beauty, and involving oneself at the cost of self-destruction..

Addison Hazlett
The Slyness of Time
Acrylic
Tohopekaliga High School
Art Teacher: Jackelyn Adkins
Grade 10

I compared the slyness of a fox to the quickness of time and how people get so indulged in the past and future that they lose focus over the present. The disintegration of the fox represents time being uncontrollable and ever-changing, and when someone is consumed in time, they lose their sense of identity and memory. The setting of space, seeming like a limitless and eternal void, makes people view time as infinite when it’s really limited and sacred.

Alaniss Hornedo
Rebirth
Photography
Tohopekaliga High School
Art Teacher: Kayla Helmus
Grade 11

My work represents the contrast between overthinking the past and moving forward. I used Adobe Photoshop to create different versions of myself, with the versions on the stairs trying to prevent the other from committing their mistakes. Their obsession with fixing the past is visualized by their struggle to reach their counterpart. However, I photoshopped butterfly wings on that counterpart’s back and a portal behind them to signify new beginnings, as inspired by Dali’s reinvention in America.

Emma Krueger
Time
Colored Pencil
Trinity Preparatory School of Florida
Art Teacher: Irina Ashcraft
Grade 9

My artwork explores the theme of disintegration. I worked to illustrate that everything changes over time, and this doesn’t have to be solely associated with decay. The face fragmenting into sand and the moon gradually being replaced by the sun represent beauty, a metamorphosis, rather than something to fear. Dalí often used disintegration in his work to show that the passage of time is inevitable, but this doesn’t mean that what once was is destroyed.

Gage Fleming
The Obsession of Creation
Ink, Colored Pencil
Vanguard High School
Art Teacher: Tasha Strigle
Grade 10

Nurture the Thrive is about the complex themes of Obsession, disintegration, and integration. Through the surreal imagery, A turtle biting off a jellyfish merged with the human face showing reinvention, The jellyfish symbolizes the fragility in the eyes of human emotion and the obsession that turtles have with jellyfish. disintegration is incorporated into the jellyfish’s emotions slipping through the human hand, Ultimately revealing how delicate ocean life is without the world realizing it.

Ariana Green
Digitize
Collage, Digital; Marker, Mixed Media
Wekiva High School
Art Teacher: Michaela Bryant
Grade 11

For this piece I wanted to incorporate the use of traditional and digital mediums. I used alcohol markers for the character, and canva building blocks to create each popup in the background. I wanted this piece to represent the commonality of internet addiction and how it can be used as a way to cope and escape reality, but can also bring harm to the user.

Madison McFarland
The Beauty of Control
Gouache
West Orange High School
Art Teacher: Serena Carton
Grade 11

This piece explores the topic of obsession through looks. The multiple hands are used to show the force and control that beauty standards have on society. The theme of reinvention is also highlighted, as this kind of obsession leads to ultimately becoming someone you are not. Dalí’s work inspired the coloring, concept and overall flow of this painting.

Madlyn Chamoun
The Ocean’s Escape
Collage, Watercolor, Gel Pen
Westminster Christian School
Art Teacher: April Sharpe-Shirk
Grade 10

My artwork explores the theme of obsession through a surreal contrast of elements: water and fire. By contrasting environments, and juxtaposing a tranquil ocean within a burning forest- the landscape is reinvented. Fresh possibilities now exist.

Merry Toung
Fancy Bird
Acrylic
West Port High School
Art Teacher: Jessica Carter
Grade 12

Charlotte Reed
Fish Bowl
Colored Pencil; Graphite
Westport High School
Art Teacher: Jessica Carter
Grade 10

Keeping in mind the theme to reinvent what would normally happen in an aquarium. I love the water and the animals the reside inside the ocean so I got the idea to put people inside the tank an the fish on the outside. I used layering when using the colored pencils to add depth and more vibrant colors. I shaded everything with blue to a that underwater feeling. I also wanted to add a gradient for the water in the background to add more variety in the colors used in the artwork.

Isabella Moratin
To Learn From Your Surroundings
Colored Pencil; Graphite
William R. Boone High School
Art Teacher: Nicole Moitoza
Grade 10

Surrealism delves into the subconscious workings of the human mind and explores the extent to which we function within our environmental landscape. My piece “To Learn From Your Surroundings” provokes thought on the limits of knowledge; what we dare to take in and gain knowledge from based on its origins and who is affected in the process.

Alejandra Diaz Sosa
Out of My Mind
Colored Pencil
Winter Park High School
Art Teacher: Abbey Kish
Grade 11

Obsession is a feeling that can either benefit or harm you. I’ve found that being obsessed with something causes my brain to spin around the same thing over and over, but in the absence of proper balance, it feels like my mind is falling apart. It’s important to find a balance between being obsessive over the things you want to achieve and the actual work that can be done to execute them. This is the key to self-growth and reinvention.

AJ Jobson
Man-made Machine
Colored Pencil
Winter Park High School
Art Teacher: Abbey Kish
Grade 12

This artwork is my take on the use of technology and the thought of humanoid robots taking over the world. I wanted to express that there’s a controlling dependency on one machine to the next, and how confining it can be to have new technology thrown at us. There’s a collective obsession with technology in the modern day and having to replace the old with the new leads to a buildup of blank, unused screens in our homes.

Georgina Hernandez
The Beauty of Reinvention
Acrylic, Collage, Colored Pencil, Mixed Media, Watercolor, Oil Pastels
Wiregrass Ranch High School
Art Teacher: Paula Roush-Smith
Grade 12

As my work’s name says, I was inspired by The Beauty of Reinvention. As human beings, due to our nature, we are constantly evolving to a new version of ourselves. The ballerina on the left, represents obsession, and how it can blind us from admiring ourselves. While the obsessed ballerina disintegrates, the ballerina on the right went through metamorphosis, representing reinvention, and the beauty of being able to change to a better version.

Ariana Sanchez-Letts
The Black Swan
Acrylic, Glass, Ink, Mixed Media, Marker
Wiregrass Ranch High School
Art Teacher: Paula Roush-Smith
Grade 11

The black swan forces herself into a mold she was never meant to fit, driven by an insatiable lust for perfection, only to destroy something that was already complete. What was once a pure, white swan is now darkened and tainted, her pointed shoes soaked in the blood of her failure. The white swan symbolizes innocence lost, serving as a reminder of what she once was before obsession and self-destruction took hold.

Nadiya Koutereba
Hearts
Watercolor
Academy at the Lakes
Art Teacher: Matthew Paltoo
Grade 8

Isabella Cano
Head In The Clouds
Digital
Arvida Middle School
Art Teacher: Nadie Fernandez-Castillo
Grade 8

Isabella Morse
Chaos Causes Madness
Ink, Watercolor
Audubon Park K-8 School
Art Teacher: Patricia Noel
Grade 8

Salvador Dali’s work creates a mix of confusion and interest that keeps me engaged. My inspiration for my own surrealist piece is grief following the loss of a loved one. I tried to show someone’s obsession disintegrating before their eyes and causing the reinvention of their worldview. I used the surrealist techniques of levitation, scale distortion, and a dream-like setting.

Nayele Mendoza
As Eternity Is To Time
Digital
Avon Park Middle School
Art Teacher: Margaret Pierce
Grade 7

Vada Simpson
Rats and Cicadas
Colored Pencil, Marker
Beulah Academy of Science
Art Teacher: Elizabeth Edwards
Grade 6

I was inspired by my favorite musical artist, Will Wood. He’s inspired multiple art pieces, my interests, and messed up my taste in music. I’ve been a vegetarian for the past 12 years of my life. His love for animals has influenced me and has led me to two animals: rats and cicadas. These three “obsessions” have helped me decide on my current art piece. I tried my hardest, or whatever I had left in me. And it’s safe to say after all this, it’s awful out here, Socrates.

Victoria St. Pierre
Sour Grapes
Colored Pencil, Newspaper, Collage
Beulah Academy of Science
Art Teacher: Elizabeth Edwards
Grade 8

Vanessa Febus
Three lives, three lessons
Watercolor
Bok Academy South
Art Teacher: Megan Ekenstedt
Grade 7 Three lives, Three lessons is about the need for innocence and the destruction and rebirth of it. The sheep shown in the piece slowly turn from a lamb to a demon, while the sheep in the middle is supposed to resemble Jesus Christ. There are Bible verses on the ground and on half the face of the sheep in the middle.

Aidan Shenton
Screen Time
Colored Pencil, Graphite
Buddy Taylor Middle School
Art Teacher: Megan Kisner
Grade 8

Ahri Knight
Shopping Trip
Colored Pencil
Conway Middle School
Art Teacher: Madison McCoy
Grade 7

Yaimarys Naiomy Valentin Gonzalez
Perception of Time
Colored Pencil
Davenport School of the Arts
Art Teacher: Kyndil Gonzalez
Grade 6

My artwork represents how the “eye” perceives time as limitless and in abundance, like the sand flowing from the hourglass into the desert. But in reality, time is limited—precious, fragile, and often taken for granted. The broken hourglass symbolizes unpredictable events that can interfere and disrupt our “flow” of plans in life.

Natalia Ortega
Ocean Traffic
Colored Pencil, Marker, Watercolor
Davenport School of the Arts
Art Teacher: Kyndil Gonzalez
Grade 7

Reinvention to me is the repurposing of something that already exists. I placed the airplane underwater because airplanes were initially made to transport things through air, similar to how cars provide transportation on land. This piece is meant to reinvent airplanes and their medium of transportation, therefore it is titled Ocean Traffic. The piece was made with colored pencil, watercolor, and many layers of colored pencil.

Scarlett Evancic
De-Realization
Mixed Media
Dr. Mona Jain Middle School
Art Teacher: Denise Mueller
Grade 7

This work invites personal interpretation and is a reflection of my own mental state during moments of derealization. It explores heightened awareness and a surreal separation from reality through spontaneous, abstract expression.

Aaliyah Gaulman
Natural Growth
Digital
Dr. Mona Jain Middle School
Art Teacher: Katelyn Reyes
Grade 7

Inspired by Dali’s surrealism, I explore the themes of disintegration and reinvention. A woman’s profile gazes upward, her hair transformed into textured wood branches, symbolizing the intertwining of nature and human thought. This represents the disintegration of identity and the reinvention of self through natural growth. Surrealist techniques like juxtaposition and transformation highlight the fluidity of memory and personal evolution, inviting viewers to reflect on their own transformations.

Gianna Gonzalez
The Illusion of Beauty
Colored Pencil
Florida Virtual School
Art Teacher: Michelle Calapa
Grade 7

This drawing shows how technology can make people believe in a perfect world while ignoring the real world and its problems. In real life, all the trees are dead and the land is dry and lifeless. On the phone screen, the trees are bright, green, and full of life. A big crowd is watching the phone screen, only paying attention to the fake, pretty picture instead of the real world around them.

Kevin Salazar
7th Smoke
Digital
Florida Virtual School
Art Teacher: Trevis Williams
Grade 8

I felt inspired by my grandmother when I caught her smoking. Smoking is an unhealthy obsession that causes disintegration and reinvention, making it a good fit for this theme. The person in the piece is smoking, causing their body to glitch and have pieces missing, with large rainbow irises and x’s for eyes and holes in their teeth. All this gives it an abstract/surreal effect.

Jandy Lora Vargas
The Weird Mushroom
Digital
Florida Virtual School FLEX
Art Teacher: Karen Sanchez
Grade 6

What inspired me was that some of last year’s paintings were different and unique—some artworks looked like they were melting. That gave me the idea for my piece. My theme was a weird mushroom, so I added eyes and made it look like it was melting, creating a surrealistic effect. I used the element of lines to connect to the theme of reinvention.

Kairi Ferrer
Revengeance
Digital
Hammocks Middle School
Art Teacher: Katherine Martinez
Grade 6

I made this piece to represent a woman that has gone through much pain. The smoke coming out of her mouth represents the evilness of other people. The eyes everywhere symbolize the number of people that have hurt her—they are black because that’s what their souls look like inside: empty. She’s in space because now she’s in her own world, and she will take control. No one can stop her.

Alyssa Wannen
Seaside Stripes
Acrylic
Howard Middle School
Art Teacher: Taylor Heeg
Grade 8

Paige Little
The Mind’s Creativity
Colored Pencil, Marker, Ink
Inverness Middle School
Art Teacher: Roxana Sincore
Grade 8

The main subject of my artwork is a brain with an eye dripping color into the head. The title is The Mind’s Creativity. I used the surrealist technique of scale, making the brain much larger compared to the head.

Trishia Romilus
Burmese Cherub
Acrylic, Ceramics
Jewett Middle Academy Magnet
Art Teacher: Caitlin Friedenstien
Grade 8

My artwork includes a baby doll head with a snake body. The baby head is slowly turning into a snake, while its body has already transformed. For the body, I used clay. To create the scales, I took small pieces of clay and placed them on the body. I used a hot glue gun to attach the scales to the head. I also added a small tongue made from construction paper. While creating this artwork, I learned that using time wisely is essential in art.

Vallie Haulish
Through the Looking Glass
Marker
Lecanto Middle School
Art Teacher: Hillary Hewit
Grade 8

My artwork was inspired by Salvador Dali’s unique and dream-like style. My piece was also influenced by my love of Alice in Wonderland and its absurdity. I included my own version of a Cheshire Cat, which demonstrates my obsession with slightly creepy imagery. I used levitation with my floating objects—playing cards, roses, and books—and transformation to morph my cat into a ribbon.

Maha Chatri
A Million Pieces
Colored Pencil
Louise R. Johnson K-8 School of International Studies
Art Teacher: Greg Corban
Grade 8

My artwork shows a girl who lost her loved one and is seeing hallucinations of him because she can’t accept that he’s gone. Gradually, her hallucinations start to crumble into dust as she realizes he’s not coming back. In the background, the bones from the grave turn into angels. A Hispanic myth about the dead turning to dust inspired me. The techniques I used were transformation, juxtaposition, and symbolism.

Mahya Medina
Bulimia
Mixed Media
Miami Arts Studio 6-12
Art Teacher: Brian Reedy
Grade 7

Malani Tracy
Gloomy
Colored Pencil, Marker, Watercolor
Ocoee Middle School
Art Teacher: Dana Dominguez
Grade 7

Molly DiMeglio
Into the Dove’s Heart
Colored Pencil
Rochelle School of the Arts
Art Teacher: Brandie King
Grade 8

Created with colored pencils and charcoal, this piece represents a deep emotional connection. The dove symbolizes peace and transformation, with the heart as a central motif representing love and vulnerability.

Savannah Hawthorne
The Lady in the Mirror
Colored Pencil
Rochelle School of the Arts
Art Teacher: Brandie King
Grade 7

A surreal mirror reflection captures a distorted, dreamlike reality. The piece invites viewers to explore themes of self-perception and the alternate worlds that exist within our reflections.

Leysha Jimenez
Ocean Dreams
Colored Pencil
Rochelle School of the Arts
Art Teacher: Brandie King
Grade 8

This piece reflects a dreamlike underwater world, evoking serenity and mystery found beneath the ocean’s surface. It captures a sense of wonder through soft tones and surreal imagery.

Savanna Kramer
Inescapable
Colored Pencil
Rochelle School of the Arts
Art Teacher: Simoni Bonadies
Grade 8

Using intense colors, this piece explores the feeling of being trapped. The vibrant tones emphasize the overwhelming nature of obsession and the difficulty of escaping from overwhelming emotions.

Elissa Balis
Blooming Pages
Sculpture, Mixed Media
Rowlett Middle Academy
Art Teacher: Brittany Braniger
Grade 8

Maisie Miwa
Absolute Craziness
Colored Pencil, Sharpie
Rowlett Middle Academy
Art Teacher: Brittany Braniger
Grade 6

Arianna Contreras
Love On the Brain
Marker
Saint Theresa Catholic School
Art Teacher: Christine Prieto
Grade 7

Allison Tompkins
F L E S H
Mixed Media, Digital, Photography
Seminole County Virtual School
Art Teacher: Amanda Crossley
Grade 8

This piece is a reflection of my love for weirdness and art. The character, Charlie, embodies a deep emotional longing, with the flesh symbolizing the outer self we reveal when we shed our defenses. The work conveys the despair and complexity of this emotional exposure.

Genesis Hale
Disintegration, Reinvention, and Obsession
Colored Pencil, Mixed Media
Winthrop Charter School
Art Teacher: Jill Maxwell
Grade 7

This mixed-media piece explores themes of disintegration, reinvention, and obsession. Using color psychology and visual elements, the work invites viewers to connect with its emotional depth. As a young artist, I aim to continue developing my skills and pushing my creative boundaries.

Siri Dubé
Signals
Acrylic
Arthur & Polly Mays Conservatory of the Arts
Art Teacher: Gerald Obregon
Grade 10

Yaditzel Mendoza
Multifaceted
Gouache
Arthur & Polly Mays Conservatory of the Arts
Art Teacher: Gerald Obregon
Grade 12

Elliot Montiel
Empty
Acrylic
Arthur & Polly Conservatory of the Arts
Art Teacher: Gerald Obregon
Grade 11

Danny Montford
Yeowch
Acrylic
Bay High School
Art Teacher: Amanda Hunt
Grade 12

“Yeowch” represents obsession, disintegration, and reinvention. Raccoons are known to be creatures who fixate. This is why I chose a raccoon to represent obsession. The disintegration is expressed through a pop art background, and the heart symbolizes reinvention. The piece reflects how I can obsess over things, even if they’re in disrepair.

Maya Holloway
Pygmalion
Marker, Mixed Media, Ink, Watercolor
Bell Creek Academy
Art Teacher: Charles Cawley
Grade 11

My artwork is a piece about the need to be perfect. The title of the artwork references the Pygmalion effect, which is a psychological phenomenon in which high expectations lead to improved performance and low expectations lead to worse performance. My best friend helped me come up with the title, and her artwork heavily influences me as well.

Gabbie McGlinsey
CUT
Colored Pencil, Mixed Media, Graphite, Watercolor
Bell Creek Academy
Art Teacher: Charles Cawley
Grade 10

In my artwork, CUT, themes of societal expectations and individual oppression are demonstrated throughout the piece. The expectation of society is represented by several different fish pieces put together, while individual oppression is represented by information being covered up and cut out of sight.

Zuri Appleby
Mirage of the Mind
Acrylic
Celebration High School
Art Teacher: Jerylin Florimonte
Grade 10

This year’s theme for the Student Surrealist Art Exhibit heavily inspired me to paint this character and specific story about obsession, disintegration, and reinvention. I chose to portray a person so obsessed with what others want them to be that they feel trapped in their own mind through ceaseless disintegrations and reinventions. The painting included a mirror that reflected a different image of the same person– one which creates a sense of dread and unease.

Zara Navarrete Sanchez
Entangled Heart
Acrylic, Colored Pencil, Watercolor, Chalk Pastels
Celebration High School
Art Teacher: Judith Maiorana Landin
Grade 12

Addison Walker
Re-Wired
Acrylic
Celebration High School
Art Teacher: Judith Maiorana Landin
Grade 10

About the effect that re-arranging someone’s personality to fit in. I wanted to present the woman as pretty and perfect presenting to try and show that there is no need to fully re-arrange someone’s self just to appeal to society. I also added the hands ripping the wires as dirty and unclean, showing it’s the people who are unhappy that are tearing people down.

Paedyn Adkins
Breaking Free
Marker
Citrus High School
Art Teacher: Kelly Bermudez
Grade 12

Caroline Pokusa
Dripping Through Sight
Marker, Ink
Citrus High School
Art Teacher: Kelly Bermudez
Grade 12

Jennifer Summers
The Distortion
Digital
Citrus High School
Art Teacher: Kelly Bermudez
Grade 10

Alexandra Bolanos
I got an eye out for you
Acrylic, Ink
Coral Reef High School
Art Teacher: Perri Cox
Grade 10

Anya Gonzalez-Quevedo
Reaching Out To You
Colored Pencil
Coral Reef Senior High School
Perri Cox
Grade 10

I love to draw hands and wanted to add a surrealism component. I enjoy drawing hands in different dramatic lighting, I decided to have several hands reaching out to another subject. I took the reference photo of the back myself and incorporated photos of my hair over it. The back represents one person and all of their emotions and personal overwhelming thoughts. The hands reaching out reflects all of the other outside influences obsessing over the person

Marley Hernandez
When Pigs Fly
Colored Pencil
Coral Reef Senior High School
Perri Cox
Grade 10

When people say “pigs fly”, they say it in a negative connotation that something is impossible and could never happen, just like pigs flying. However, my piece shows, despite it being impossible, pigs are flying. This expresses that even when things seem impossible and unreachable, by hard-work and through faith they can become a reality.

Tatiana Prieto
Fishy Smile
Acrylic
Coral Reef Senior High School
Art Teacher: Perri Cox
Grade 10

Lisette Frobes
Perception
Mixed Media
Dr. Phillips High School
Art Teacher: Abigail Callaway
Grade 12
My piece Perception draws viewers in with a calm yet mysterious look. The eyes alone leave her emotion open to interpretation, and the colors contrast the secrecy in her expression. It reflects how we may not fully understand everything, but we have the power to reshape ourselves and our communities. Our lives are shaped by how we choose to perceive the world—one day at a time.

Eliana Blalock
Tears of Stars
Mixed Media
Florida Virtual School
Art Teacher: Mariela Estevez
Grade 9

Kadence Dalbeck
You Can Always Find the Light
Acrylic
Florida Virtual School
Art Teacher: Rachel Fontaine
Grade 11

Eva Magura
Blinding Obsessions
Digital
Florida Virtual School
Art Teacher: Lisa Pierce
Grade 10

I wanted to represent how, as humans, we’re obsessed with many things that have no importance. Obsessed with things that hurt and control people. I think, some day, our materials and opinions will be gone and the remnants will be used, covered, and destroyed by nature.

Elise Rodriguez
Diminishing Marginal Utility
Digital
Florida Virtual School
Art Teacher: Michelle Calapa
Grade 11

“Coming to a place of peace and reinvention, from an origin of obsession. I sought to visually display the process of reinventing oneself. Each panel showcasing the inevitable steps it takes to achieve growth. Obession is shown through media, chains, and smoking. Disintegration communicates feeling confused at the realization that obsession isn’t fulfilling. And finally, reinvention is shown as a dove, and a cross. Symbols for the fulfilling promise of eternal life.

Kyleigh Mizell
Untitled
Cardboard, Paper Mache, Found Object, Seaweed
Hudson High School
Art Teacher: Faith Neris
Grade 12

Sienna Lampariello
The Other Worldly Obsession
Acrylic, Colored Pencil, Marker, Mixed Media
Jupiter Community High School
Art Teacher: Sarah Knudtson
Grade 11

This vibrant, chaotic piece was made to reflect the feelings of obsession, how they are hard to express with words, and how diverse in emotion they can be. Obsessions can be dark and gloomy but also loud and exciting; I wanted to express that with fun patterns and ideas, yet contrasted with dark designs.

Aro Chancey
Did It Work?
Photography
Kirkland Ranch Academy of Innovation
Art Teacher: Chris Munoz
Grade 12

Ivelynn Ellenbecker
Hotel Atlantic
Digital
Kirkland Ranch Academy of Innovation
Art Teacher: Juliana Frain
Grade 10

This was based off a hotel from the 1960s. The ocean and hotel idea was inspired by an art exhibit in St. Pete. For obsession I used my love for the ocean and marine creatures. For disintegration I had the lady on the phone at the front desk start turning into an anglerfish showing her losing herself and turning into someone new. I used juxtaposition in my piece with the hotel front desk and the ocean scenery all around it.

Jasper Lane
Putrid Apple of my Eye
Alcohol markers and Paint markers
Kirkland Ranch Academy of Innovation
Art Teacher: Chris Munoz
Grade 12

This piece references the common phrase “the apple of my eye” meaning to cherish someone or something above all else. Since the apple is rotten and flawed, the obsession leads to disregarding its potential ramifications still perceiving it to be perfect. The complete devotion to the apple leads to the disintegration of the subject’s mental state, like a hypnotizing effect. And ultimately rejecting the idea of reinvention, the idea of looking into something much “healthier.”

Evyn Cowen
The Hands of Time
Acrylic
Merritt Island High School
Art Teacher: Amy Martin
Grade 11

Tristan Fallon
Hallowed
Digital
Merritt Island High School
Art Teacher: Lauren Sorey
Grade 12

This piece is titled “Hallowed”, and shows a figure with a cavity in their abdomen with some sort of creature living inside. I used a warm color scheme to make the environment feel hot and uncomfortable, and mainly yellow, green and red on the character to convey their sickliness and suffering.

Kamila Cancio
Obsession, Crucifixion, Resurrection
Mixed Media
Miami Arts Studio 6-12
Art Teacher: Brian Reedy
Grade 10

Kristyn Hunt
We Become Space Dust
Mixed Media
Miami Arts Studio 6-12
Art Teacher: Brian Reedy
Grade 9

Jorge Martinez
Eye of the Beholder
Acrylic
Miami Arts Studio 6-12
Art Teacher: Jorge Del Valle
Grade 10

Javier Mirabal
Metamorphosis
Ink
Miami Arts Studio 6-12
Art Teacher: Brian Reedy
Grade 9

Xanthe Teijeiro
Hypnerotomachia Poliphili
Oil
Miami Arts Studio 6-12
Art Teacher: Brian Reedy
Grade 11

Santiago Cisneros
Online Wither
Watercolor, Pencil
Miami Beach Senior High School
Art Teacher: Grace Cox
Grade 10

Some surrealist techniques I used in this piece include pixels. The pixels represent the internet, as screens are made of thousands of them. The man being slashed suggests that it’s his online activity that is lashing out at him. The piece is inspired by media that shows the harm of online addiction. The blood being censored by pixels represents social media’s tendency to cover up the true harm it causes, masking the negative effects behind a digital facade.

Jenna Mirmelli
Rage
Colored Pencil
Miami Beach Senior High School
Art Teacher: Osvaldo Samper
Grade 11

Adam Musibay
The Maw
Ink, Watercolor
Miami Beach Senior
High School
Art Teacher: Grace Cox
Grade 9

Carla Soteldo
Feeling Blue
Digital
Miami Beach Senior High School
Art Teacher: Osvaldo Samper
Grade 12

Bea Lee
Served Up
Mixed Media
Mount Dora High School
Art Teacher: Theresa Albanese
Grade 9

Emma Yandell
Connection
Mixed Media
Mount Dora High School
Art Teacher: Theresa Albanese
Grade 10

Jenny Bui
The Blooming Eye
Digital, Photography
NeoCity Academy
Art Teacher: Geoffrey von Rentzell
Grade 9

Franklin Guzman
The Mirage of You
Digital
NeoCity Academy
Art Teacher: Alvin Olivo
Grade 9

Bryan Ng Sanchez
Hoops of Helix
Digital
NeoCity Academy
Art Teacher: Alvin Olivo
Grade 9

Hayden Grindle
Man vs. Machine
Ink
New Smyrna Beach High School
Art Teacher: Kristen Gregor
Grade 9

Olivia Johnson
Spill Your Guts
Sculpture
New Smyrna Beach High School
Art Teacher: Kristin Gregor
Grade 10

Spill your guts is a sculpture describing the difficulties of expressing yourself. Nestled into the organs are anonymous letters written by real high school students expressing things they may not be able to say. The heart on the outside of the body and lack of limbs represents the vulnerability that comes with sharing feelings like this. My sculpture is made of plaster, paper, and tinfoil, lovingly put together to show people that no matter what you keep inside you’re not alone.

River Minkler
Correction Pen
Acrylic, Ink, Marker
North Marion High School
Art Teacher: Gloria Sed
Grade 11

Correction fluid was my main inspiration. A single bottle of white liquid reinvents or fixes a mistake, and my piece represents that reinvention. My piece holds pictures of my art that i later on recognized the errors. My main thinking was simple, if Salvador Dalí could see his art not as a mistake but as a chance to reinvent, why shouldn’t I reinvent my art? I used a white pen in blank areas to fix the mistakes. The brush strokes are meant to represent the insanity of wanting a perfect piece.

Madison Brettschneider
Childish Monster
Watercolor, Marker, Colored Pencil, Acrylic, Oil Pastels
North Port High School
Art Teacher: Marianne Robertson
Grade 9

Mya Bright
Slipping
Gouache
North Port High School
Art Teacher: Felecia DeSiano
Grade 10

“Slipping” delves into themes of vulnerability and the loss of control, ultimately embracing these experiences. The work reflects the peace found in surrender, allowing the viewer to connect with the idea of letting go. Using gouache, I sought to provoke thought and explore the subconscious, creating an emotional dialogue that invites reflection on our internal struggles and acceptance. This piece represents a journey into the mind’s complexities, revealing strength in surrender.

Izabella Carey
Fly away
Mixed Media, Watercolor, Marker
North Port High School
Art Teacher: Felecia Desiano
Grade 10

In my artwork, I wanted to depict the juxtaposition of life and death. The skull represents death and the butterflies represent life. They both work together and they both can’t exist without each other. I used a lot of colors to show the hope and happiness that comes from life.

Emily clark
Inhuman Icks
Colored Pencil
Nortport High School
Art teacher: Felecia Desiano
Grade 10

This piece is ment to show many things in a collage that disturb me, In order to fix many of the things that I get grossed out over, I decided to combined many of the elements together. When I first started the drawing I started off with a pretty sunflower which in no way bothered me but as I kept drawing my imagination added more and more gross and disturbing things.

Alanna Duque
The Birth and Death of Purity
Oil
North Port High School
Art Teacher: Felecia Desiano
Grade 11

I was influenced greatly by Dali’s works. I established several focal points in the painting, in an attempt to achieve a sensation of chaos. However I kept it relatively simple to not overwhelm the viewers. My intention was to create a feeling of helplessness and overwhelmingness, contrast between the frantically dancing flaming figures and the stoic look on the human’s face on the dog’s body.

Kaylyn Ingemanson
Exquisite Extinction
Marker; Watercolor
North Port High School
Art Teacher: Marianne Robertson
Grade 10

Exquisite Extinction explores the surreal intersection of evolution, anatomy, and imagination. Inspired by the concept of collaborative surrealist art, this piece combines three seemingly disparate forms: the formidable head of a T. rex, the skeletal structure of a human, and the fluid, ethereal form of a jellyfish. By merging these elements, I challenge perceptions of identity and the natural world, creating a creature that defies categorization.

Anh Le
They’re looking at me
Ceramics, Under glaze
North Port High School
Art Teacher: Desiano Felecia
Grade 10

In my work, I strive to explore the connections between my emotion, drawing inspiration from the profound beauty found in diversity. As I sculpt my dish, I am acutely aware of the many eyes that observe my process—not as mere spectators, but as unique individuals laden with their own narratives and experiences. This realization brings me comfort and fuels my creative energy.

Arianna Lucas
We’re All Mad Here
Marker; Acrylic; Graphite
North Port High School
Art Teacher: Chloe Dubois
Grade 12

I created ‘We’re All Mad Here” for the theme of “Obsession, Disintegration, and Reinvention” in the sense of the obsession of oneself, symbolic through the myriad of mirrors surrounding the character, as well as his meticulous perfection of his actions and perception of himself through others’ perspective. The coloration of the piece was utilized through using paint markers to shift the focus to the negative space of the piece while still coloring a few ‘statement’ items to maintain balance.

Kasiya Tatchin
One Up
Mixed Media
North Port High School
Art Teacher: Marianne Robertson
Grade 10

Lavinia Silva
Muyhul
Acrylic
Olympia High School
Art Teacher: Joanna Levine
Grade 10

Kaylee ann Brown Nichols
Exquisite Corpse
Marker; Mixed Media; Colored Pencil; Watercolor
Northport High School
Art Teacher: Marianne Robertson
Grade 12

A piece from a very fun project at school, the exquisite corpse project was picking 3 random pictures and sewing them together to create an exquisite corpse.

Daniel Montes Puche
Out of Time
Tempera
Osceola High School
Art Teacher: Elizabeth Colon Rodriguez
Grade 12

Starting from the news that an asteroid could impact planet Earth in the year 2032, I was inspired to develop my work based on this astronomical phenomenon, which is called “Out of Time”, where I captured the planet Earth with the silhouette of a woman full of beautiful nature holding an hourglass alluding to the short time and year that will happen and an asteroid with the silhouette of a man burning with fury directly to harm her.

Emily Vela
The Dragon And The Crystal Sphere
Watercolor; Pen
Osceola Hight School
Maria Custis
Grade 11

My inspiration was dragons, a being that is known in stories and looks very good in drawings, apart from that, I liked the idea of doing it with an object which would be difficult for them to have and there is no relationship and a castle because they usually live there but I used the technique of creating the idea that is bigger, it reminds me of Salvador Dalí who made some works with gigantism and I was able to get a little inspired, and the theme re-incenvion twenty of that.

Olivia Hanley
Metamorphosis
Acrylic
Park Vista High School
Art Teacher: Laura Mambourg
Grade 10

Sarah Brunner
Beauty Lies in The Eye of The Beholder
Digital
Parrish Community High School
Art Teacher: Cary Jones
Grade 12

The concept behind this piece is that the Unicorn is so obsessed with itself and trying to obtain true beauty that it has lost all sense of reality and decayed. I used a unicorn as the main subject because unicorns are known for their beauty and elegance, a perfect representation of idealized unachievable beauty. The decaying unicorn reflects the obsession of beauty and what it will do to someone when it becomes out of control.

Andrea Ledger
Lovely Obsession
Photography
Parrish Community High School
Art Teacher: Kelly Schweers
Grade 11

“Lovely Obsession” explores the tension between love and control. The cracked figure represents the toll of obsession, trapped behind the illusion of beauty. The figure trapped, suggests a struggle for freedom and desperation. Through symbolism, this piece challenges the viewer to think about love versus control, and what happens when control and obsession intertwine.

Yarely Orozco Jaimes
Obsession
Ink, Digital Print
Plant City High School
Art Teacher: Niki Carpenter
Grade 12

Yazmin Hernandez Ramirez
Reinvention of You
Photography
Plant City High School
Art Teacher: Niki Carpenter
Grade 12

My art piece was made my layering multiple images I had taken a pictures of. I wanted to represent the idea of disintegration and reinvention of our memory’s. Our memories over time disintegrate but there’s the belief that before we die our life flashes before our eyes. Reinvention is shown by all these memories flashing before us to in the end of show us as who we where based on those memories.

Mya Schwarm
My Mind
Styrofoam, Yarn, Wire, Tissue Paper, Acrylic
Robert Morgan Senior High School
Art Teacher: Milagros Gonzalez
Grade 12

Haley Munson
Suffocation
Charcoal; Colored Pencil
Saint Stephens Episcopal School
Olivia Thornton
Grade 11

This piece explores the process of breaking free. The girl choking herself represents taking control after feeling powerless. The poppy growing from her eye symbolizes new life and healing. The wedding ring cutting into her finger shows how love or commitment can leave lasting pain. It’s meant to represent starting over and learning to grow again.

Anna Gianini
Mind In Clouds
Gouache, Colored Pencils
Seabreeze High School
Art Teacher: Kasondra Price
Grade 10

Nevaeh Knight
Ensnared
Sculpture; Acrylic; Cardboard, Twine, Styrofoam, Oil Pastels
Seabreeze High School
Art Teacher: Christine Colby
Grade 10

Ensnared is a sculpture made from cardboard, Styrofoam, and string which features two hands. One hand is grasping the other with rough brown twine while the other reaches for freedom. The base, shaped like a broken heart, contains red Styrofoam and oil pastels. Ensnared explores the theme of obsessive love, with the string symbolizing control and entrapment. Through this project, I challenged myself to create realistic hands with an abnormal material and learned greatly throughout the process.

Osheen Parke
Floating Whales
Watercolor
Seabreeze High School
Art Teacher: Miss Price
Grade 10

I decided to use water color paint to incorporate my vision on the paper. Whales are one of the sea creatures I found to be very interesting , so I was trying to include the different types of colors in my project, I also didn’t want it to de just whales because I thought that be too plain sot decided to add house on their back. I got the idea from a movie I saw a very long time ago so I cant remember the name.

Quincy Denis
Inverted Utopia
Ink, Graphite
Sebring High School
Art Teacher: Kristy Harris
Grade 12

Kyra Knowles
Sensory Overload
Graphite
Sebring High School
Art Teacher: Steven VanDam
Grade 9

Inspired by the feeling of being overwhelmed by too much sensory information, this piece visually represents obsession. It highlights the experience of being fixated on multiple things at once and the overwhelming nature of excessive stimuli.

Taylor McDowell
Breakdown of Oneself
Marker, Ink
Sebring High School
Art Teacher: Steven Van Dam
Grade 9

Amanda Rivera Perez
Broken Rebirth
Acrylic, Marker, Watercolor
Sebring High School
Art Teacher: Kristy Harris
Grade 11

Samantha Scott
Salmo Salar
Watercolor
Sebring High School
Art Teacher: Kristy Harris
Grade 11

Maria Tavares-Mancera
Punica Granatum de Corazon
Oil Pastels
Sebring High School
Art Teacher: Kristy Harris
Grade 11

Amelia Logan
Clarity Within Chaos
Colored Pencils, Gel Pen, Alcohol Marker
South Walton High School
Art Teacher: Rhonda McEnany
Grade 10

Kaydence Schrader-Hanna
Thoughts Unveiled
Digital
South Walton High School
Art Teacher: Rhonda McEnany
Grade 9

Vasilisa Chebotareva
The Luxury of Lethargy
Colored Pencil
SunLake High School
Art Teacher: Mrs. Hallauer, Jill
Grade 11

“The Luxury of Lethargy” portrays a noble figure from history, dressed in lavish attire, idly blowing bubbles in a dreamlike setting. The bubbles symbolize the trivial pursuits of the wealthy elite, detached from the realities of labor and meaningful contribution. Through surreal elements, the painting critiques how opulence can foster complacency, prompting viewers to reflect on the true value of a life spent in idle luxury.

Regeneration portrays the process of self-reinvention. Using Photoshop, I depicted my friend as a symbol of growth and opening up to new possibilities. The piece explores moving on from the past to embrace a brighter, more open future.

Catalina Cuneo
Regeneration
Digital
Tohopekaliga High School
Art Teacher: Kayla Helmus
Grade 12

Christopher Jekov
Wet Scripts
Adobe Photoshop, Photography, Printmaking
Tohopekaliga High School
Art Teacher: Kayla Helmus
Grade 11

This work is about water and knowledge. I created this work because those two things are connected from my point of view.

Ivanis Lopez
Skeye Fruit
Colored Pencil
Tohopekaliga High School
Art Teacher: Jackelyn Adkins
Grade 12

This piece symbolizes your head being in the clouds as in not living in the moment and only being able to see through a lens either bitterness or anger which represents the lemon eyes or seeing things and being fully in love or obsessed which represents the cherries but there’s nothing in her brain. She’s also a head on a dummy body presented on a plate, which symbolizes a front that is presented as the version she chooses to be either bitter or obsessed.

Carly Vescogni
Error
Colored Pencil
Tohopekaliga High School
Art Teacher: Jackelyn Adkins
Grade 11

“Error” plays around with the juxtaposition of natural life and electronic objects. This piece strives to blur the lines between organic and artificial, creating a unique environment where life is born from everyday electronics. Flowers burst to life, reaching upwards from the power strip that lies at the bottom, all while a playful “mouse” chews a stem apart, revealing the cords within. An error message is displayed, suspended in air, revealing the obvious issue in the scene.

Alexandra Acosta Wettel
Timeless Thought
Acrylic
Tohopekaliga High School
Art Teacher: Jackelyn Adkins
Grade 11

This composition represents how overthinking can unite you into a void little by little. How thoughts steal your time and how you stop connecting with everything else in a deep sleep that blocks your senses. The color and organic form of thoughts represent the movement that happens inside of the mind and how it extends without an end.

Cameron Wilder
Pigtopia
Acrylic
Tohopekaliga High School
Art Teacher: Jackelyn Adkins
Grade 12

I created a Surrealist painting that expresses laziness and obsession. The elements that help develop the meaning are the pigs used in my composition, which represent humans playing video games, adding to the darkness, the barn, and the mess on the table symbolizes overconsumption.

Simon Morales Blanco
My Multiple Funerals
Graphite
West Orange High School
Art Teacher: Serena Carton
Grade 10

Alessa Diaz Urbiola
The Path to Obsession
Digital
West Orange High School
Art Teacher: Serena Carton
Grade 11

The Path to Obsession explores identity loss in a world ruled by capitalism and technology. A businessman with a TV head symbolizes media and corporate control. Blindly stepping forward, he destroys values like faith, love, and family. Each step erodes morality, leading to an irreversible fall. A surreal, unstable landscape reflects this descent, with floating islands and knife-held steps. Inspired by Dalí, I use eggs and flowers—symbols of rebirth—distorted into obsessive intimacy and control.

Alayah Lopez
EDEN IS OVER
Digital
West Orange High School
Art Teacher: Serena Carton
Grade 10

Eden Is Over reflects humanity’s departure from harmony, as we push each other down in a race for survival. The piece contemplates what we are becoming after losing the purity of Eden, illustrating the endless struggle to evolve and survive.

Alexis Lea
The Giver
Acrylic
West Port High School
Art Teacher: Jessica Carter
Grade 11

My surrealist work was inspired by the idea of being objectified by me. The men are represented by babies who are expecting Halloween candy from a woman who has broken parts of herself to provide for them. I chose to depict the babies wearing a top hat and a mustache, having star eyes as a representation for obsession. I used acrylic paint and gave the woman a candied costume including 2 lollipops and a bow in order to demonstrate her perceived “purpose”.

Damaya Cantillo-Pallares
Interlinked
Colored Pencil, Gelli-Pen
Westminster Christian School
Art Teacher: Mrs. April Sharpe-Shirk
Grade 11

This piece explores the obsession with love and human connection, depicting a girl lost in space, endlessly searching for a soulmate. The floating figures symbolize longing, while drifting jellysifh represent love’s fragile, fleeting nature. Disintegration is seen in how she dissolves into her pursuit, losing herself in the search. Reinvention comes as she rebuilds from the fragments, reshaping who she is through the journey.

Cristina Saenz
Nature Retrieving What Humanity Stole
Colored Pencil
Westminster Christian School
Art Teacher: April Sharpe-Shirk
Grade 11

In this piece, human obsession with urbanization and industrialization backfires when nature takes over and rids humanity from the world. The world is being reinvented into one that has no place for humanity’s greed, like it had been before.

Anisa Cummings
Moths Through A Window
Mixed Media
Wiregrass Ranch High School
Art Teacher: Paula Roush-Smith
Grade 12