16" x 20" - Acrylic and polymer clay on canvas -
Artist - Katherine Check
Inspired by - She is London by London from Willson school
Suggested Value: $150.00

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"I felt London's poem was so strong, independent, proud, and full of love. She took that feeling of love and joy and funneled it into her composition."

Katherine Check is an artist and licensed art educator in the State of Ohio. Formally trained in visual arts, with a concentration in sculpture at Cleveland State University. She has taught art in several Northeastern Ohio schools for 13 plus years. She is the founder of Flourishing Flamingo Arts, a production and education company that works with people to develop their own artistic skills in a non-judgmental environment that allows ALL people to feel successful and accomplished.

16" x 20" - Acrylic on canvas
Artist- James Quarles
Inspired by - Power by the Buhrer Dual Language Academy Middle School Team
Suggested Value: $200.00

"I was drawn to this piece because of its strong imagery, and connection to superpowers. I'm also an avid comic book reader."

James Quarles is a local Cleveland artist who attended Shaker Hts. high school where he took art classes from both Keaf Holiday and Dan Whitely. After graduating in 2005, he then went to CCAD (Colombus College of Art and Design) where he majored in Fine Arts and Graphic Design. After graduating in 2009, he returned home to Cleveland to pursue his passion for art through painting, screen printing, drawing, and writing, working in multiple mediums, but primarily acrylic paint. He also focuses on color, illustration, and cultural icons whose work he has found influential, adding to the collective landscape and lore that is both familiar and new.