The results are in!

Our winners are:

17 and Over Age Category:

1. Nicole Northrop: Moon
2. Robert Brusca: Egg
3. Nichole Northrop: Baleful Strike

Ages 12 to 16 Category

1. Rees Scott: Spiderman
2. Robert Heins: Grasshopper
3. Robert Heins: Sunset

Ages 8 to 11 Category

1. Marah Scott: Puppy

If you won, check your email tomorrow for your award.

Thanks so much to all who entered their art and to all who visited and voted. And, mark your calendars for next year; the show will take place the week of September 8, 2013.

I am 17 years old for three more weeks. I was diagnosed in 2010 with two congenital heart defects and pulmonary arterial hypertension. I take lots of medicine and also use an infusion pump for one of them. I go to the hospital once a month for bloodwork and twice a week for pulmonary rehab. I see half a dozen doctors on a regular basis. I am a senior in high school and I am homeschooled. I love drawing, photography and playing on the computer with my friends.

This is a character from a game. The picture is called Soraka Pony.

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To inquire about purchasing Nicole’s artwork, please send an email to Nicole.

About the Artist (in his words):

I helped care for my grandmother who had a stroke and vascular dementia. She passed away in July.

I love to draw, especially Spiderman.

I run on my school’s cross country team and like to play video games too.

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About the Artist (in his words):

My passion outside care-giving is photography. I like to photograph abstract architecture and abstract nature subject matter. I love to create images that most people do not see and usually miss because they are looking at the whole picture instead of a small part of it. I am currently caring for my wife of 32 years. Her name is Jendy and she is the most amazing women in the world. She is my soul mate and best friend. She is my world. She is the only woman I have been with my entire adult life. I have been her primary 24×7 caregiver since 2006 when she almost died from E. coli in her blood stream. Jendy is on Hospice with respiratory failure and congestive heart failure. She is confined to a hospital bed in our living room, has a trach with constant oxygen and uses a ventilator when she sleeps. She continues to outlive all expectations. She is the reason I keep going.

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To inquire about purchasing Robert’s artwork, please send an email to Robert.

About the Artist (in her words):

I am 17 years old for three more weeks. I was diagnosed in 2010 with two congenital heart defects and pulmonary arterial hypertension. I take lots of medicine and also use an infusion pump for one of them. I go to the hospital once a month for bloodwork and twice a week for pulmonary rehab. I see half a dozen doctors on a regular basis. I am a senior in high school and I am homeschooled. I love drawing, photography and playing on the computer with my friends.

This piece is called called Baleful Strike. The character’s name is Veigar which is from a game.

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To inquire about purchasing Nicole’s artwork, please send an email to Nicole.

About the Artist (in her words):

I am 17 years old for three more weeks. I was diagnosed in 2010 with two congenital heart defects and pulmonary arterial hypertension. I take lots of medicine and also use an infusion pump for one of them. I go to the hospital once a month for bloodwork and twice a week for pulmonary rehab. I see half a dozen doctors on a regular basis. I am a senior in high school and I am homeschooled. I love drawing, photography and playing on the computer with my friends.

I drew this piece for my mom, who is a huge University of Florida football fan. The school’s mascot is a gator. She uses this drawing as the report cover for her notes and dosage chart about my infusion pump.

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To inquire about purchasing Nicole’s artwork, please send an email to Nicole.

About the Artist (in her words):

I am 17 years old for three more weeks. I was diagnosed in 2010 with two congenital heart defects and pulmonary arterial hypertension. I take lots of medicine and also use an infusion pump for one of them. I go to the hospital once a month for bloodwork and twice a week for pulmonary rehab. I see half a dozen doctors on a regular basis. I am a senior in high school and I am homeschooled. I love drawing, photography and playing on the computer with my friends.

This piece is called The Beauty of the Moon. The character’s name is Princess Luna who is a My Little Pony slightly humanized.

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To inquire about purchasing Nicole’s artwork, please send an email to Nicole.

About the Artist (in her words):

My husband has been ill for many years. He had brain surgery and heart surgery about four years ago; he still has two active aneurysms in his brain.

I’m a potter and I work from home. This makes it easier to care for my husband.

This photo (of a woven clay basket ) was taken by my husband

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To inquire about purchasing Deci’s artwork, please send an email to Deci.

About the Artist (in her words):

I care for my partner, who has multiple sclerosis that acts like traumatic brain injury. In addition to fulfilling my own creative need, my art involves my caree, who enjoys pointing out the chance for photo ops on our outings.

Most of the butterflies in this collage live at the Florida Museum of Natural History and Butterfly Rainforest in Gainesville. We visited the museum following a difficult appointment at the Shands medical center. I photographed the small white butterfly, statue, and sunset in our neighborhood.

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To inquire about purchasing Elissa’s artwork, please send an email to Elissa.

About the Artist (in his words):

Since 2009 I’ve had Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI). To improve my hand-eye coordination and depth perception, I enrolled in a drawing class at the local community college.

I like this picture because of the open feeling it gives.

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