Let's Go Camping - Children's Exhibition Ages 6-16
SPONSORED BY HATFIELD AND HATFIELD ATTORNEYS AT LAW

Let’s Go Camping, hiking, boating…plan your best fantasy vacation. Draw, paint a stay-at-home vacation, ball games in the park, skateboarding, swimming, a family day at the beach. This is your day, your trip, bring your picture for the Annual Kid’s Art Exhibit.   ​

Juror: Gordon Meggison
Reception Date: April 24th 2pm-4pm.
Exhibitions Dates: April 11th - May 13th, 2022.

​Thank you 
Art Classes for Children and Seven Bridges School in Orange Park for their participation in this event.
Let's Go Camping Gallery

Browse through these fantastic works of art by young artists ages 6-16!
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Click on the Pieces with prices to find out how to purchase them online.

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​Lets Go Camping Artists

Below read about the young artists that entered artwork into the "Lets Go Camping" Show. MAKE SURE TO SCROLL DOWN TO SEE ALL OF THE ARTIST'S BIOS.  THANK YOU!


​ARTISTS IN SHOW:

Anastasia
Angela S.
Caleb
Chaitra
Daniella
Hayden
​Aadarsh S
Jaks
James
James K.
Joby
Josiah
Kyleigh
​Sara Marie
Lara
Lucy
Mei
Namaan
Nisha
Peter
Robert
Scarlett
​Subhang
Tanui
Thanisha
Vaishnavi
Veronika
Yan
Zende
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 JUROR:   Gordon Meggison   https://www.gordonmeggison.com/
Gordon Meggison was born in Tampa, Florida, in 1954. He lived in Japan and attended St. Joseph's Academy from 1963-to 1968. This was followed by three years in
Maine, where he graduated from Sumner High School. Gordon returned to Florida in 1971, where he studied art at Jacksonville University. He has traveled extensively throughout Asia, Europe, and the United States and attributes his wide range of artistic interests to these many international influences. Gordon has had multiple solo exhibitions in the United States and Nantes, France, in 1992 (French Light-Florida Light), which featured his Plein air watercolors painted
throughout Florida and France. A corresponding show was held at the San Marco Little Theatre, where he had also painted the murals decorating the interior.
General Mills hired Gordon to paint 70 murals in many Olive Garden Restaurants located in major cities such as New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami, and others all over the United States. A large mural of his work is installed in the Indiana Dunes State Park, featuring detailed renderings of 60 animals and their habitats in that park ecosystem. Gordon has painted murals for homes all over the United States, including New York, Colorado, Texas, and Puerto Rico. His fine artwork and canvas murals have been placed in the Philippines, Japan, the Cayman Islands, Canada, and Panama.

1st Place 

​Zende Tendaji Randolph for “Imagin-O-Graphic”
​A clever and well-executed sophisticated rendering of the camping theme.  It seems to question, “What is Camping really all about anyway!?” The line work is mature and well thought through, and the rendering is imaginative and clever - tongue in cheek. This artist may well have a future in comic illustration or even political cartooning.

2nd Place

Veronika Garcia for “Let’s Go Camping”
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This sensitive and loose pencil drawing was evocative, moody, and even playful. Camping seems both scary and funny simultaneously, giving it a quality that is
innocuous at first; then makes you take a second look. “What are the family of kids and parents talking about here? Are they confident, apprehensive?"  The line quality and the anime referenced figures give it a comic character and a hint that much more interesting
and possibly sophisticated work may yet be seen by this humble and sensitive soul.

3rd Place

​Anastasi Kozeev for “Campfire Songs”

While I didn’t see any campfire in this piece, and I should have given the theme of the painting and show, I see a lot of possibilities in this earnest artist, who has a dedication to her craft that is evident in the perspective, the self-examined soul-searching viewpoint that comes through here.  She clearly understands some of the fundamentals of
perspective and of classical painting concepts, while giving a mature insightful nod to surrealism as seen from a young self-aware teen.  I see a lot of potential here as long as the image can match the intention of any future themes.

Honorable Mention

Lara Goodrich for “Last Summer’s Rodeo”
I enjoyed the deep dive into both the Art Foil medium, the bull’s eyes, and the shape of the head and movement of hair on the character.  You can see a Van Gogh like treatment of the movement in the hair, not just chaotic handling, but a sense of thoughtfulness and hidden order to things that lent the subject dignity and depth.  In all this, it seems the artist must be an intelligent and intense, visual person who really looks at what she sees.

Artist Biographies


​Lucy

Lucy is 10 years old and a Jacksonville native. She enjoys horseback riding and art. One of her favorite mediums for art projects is watercolors. She loves going to the beach and boogie boarding. She does not have any pets but wants a dog. She spends her free time playing outside with her sister or biking in her neighborhood.

Yan

Hello, my name is Yan. I am 9 years old, currently attending PVPV Rawlings. My hobbies are drawing and making crafts.

Mei

I am Mei. I am 11 years old. I love drawing,writing, and reading in my spare time. I love most water sports. I go to PVPV Rawlings Elementary.

Daniella

My name is Daniella. I am 7 years old. I am in 2nd grade and I love art. When I grow up I want to be an artist.


​Thanisha

I am Thanisha studying 3rd grade at Freedom Crossing Academy. I'm interested in art, solving Rubik's Cube, swimming, tennis, and dance. I won 2nd place in JTM Drawing competition for years 2021 and 2022. My favorite subjects are math and science. My favorite book is "Diary of a Wimpy Kid".

Nisha

I'm Nisha studying 3rd grade at Freedom Crossing Academy. I'm interested in art, tennis, and dance. I won 3rd place in JTM Drawing competition for years 2021 and 2022. I like to read books. My favorite book is "Dog Man" and a lot of other books.

Scarlett

9 year old dreamer, cuteness admirer, penguins lover. Excited by Jazz, soothed by rain and comforted by Bubble Tea. Big time traveler inspired by new places and fancy hotels. Fascinated by mini worlds and playfulness of tactile items. Wants to see and experience Paris - maybe this year?

Caleb

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Despite his love for creative arts, Caleb is untrained in painting. He loves summer camping and felt compelled to create Camping ZZZs.  Summer School Backpack is Caleb’s image of what a high school student might wear during the summer.
The seven year old says, “During the summers, I enjoy working on computers but, most of all, I enjoy golfing with my dad.”

James

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“In the summer I chill with my axolotl on the patio,” James says with a grin from ear to ear.  Eleven-year-old James loves the endangered alien-like creature.  So he made a paper mâché axolotl in lieu of having the real deal.  Besides chilling out, he enjoys life by engaging in soccer, fencing, designing video games, ballroom dancing with his twin sister, acting in theater, and piano.

Lara

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Lara has been dabbling in the art of painting since she was two years old. Just learning to talk, she told visitors she had painted a present for them. Most visitors took home a token of her art. Nine years later, she is painting for fundraising and pleasure.
Lara’s paper mâché Best Friends represents her favorite summer pastime, hanging with her best friends.  Last Summer’s Rodeo is an art foil inspired by Lara’s very first rodeo last summer.  Her strongest memory is of a little boy roping a small calf.  Under the Pond is a piece made out of a recycled cigar box.  She created it on a whim.  “Summer reminds me of fishing with my grandfather and the most beautiful fish I’ve ever seen are koi,”  Lara said.
“My paintings represent childlike wonder.  They bring out the inner child in us all,” she explains. After a hard tiring day at school, you can find her at her art desk painting to relax.

Ukrainian Fundraiser

Lara, age 11, has been painting since age 2.  She has wielded her artist brush by taking a multitude of art classes locally. Having a passion for creative arts, she is schooled in acting, painting, dance and voice.
Lara is particularly interested in raising funds for Ukrainian children because her family originated from Western Ukraine.  She says, “This is my way of bringing happiness to the kids and helping them escape the dangers in their country.”
Lara painted Bubbles and Tiny Bubbles.  Two collections that represent childlike wonder and hope.  “Bubbles are mirrors into your inner self, floating upwards,” says Lara.