Student Artist of the Month at Gallery 510

Gallery 510 Art & Framing will be featuring one student from a Central Illinois high school each month along with the professional featured artist at the gallery. Before the gallery artist begins to talk about their work at each First Friday Gallery Walk, we will introduce the “Student of the Month” and show their piece of artwork that will remain on display throughout the month.

“I am Isaac Rund. I am a junior at Central A&M High School and I have been sketching with pencils for as long as I can remember. When I finally branched out from just graphite I found a love for the cel shaded style that markers bring. Cel shaded coloring is still a favorite of mine to this day. I love working digitally but sometimes the freedom can be overbearing. My work often carries a sense of pushing back against the monotony and following one’s own path. My style always comes down to heavy lines and messy coloring, which is evocative of freedom within boundaries. Despite my very rural roots, hip-hop has been a big inspiration for my art. This inspiration can be clearly seen through the graffiti scattered throughout my works. In the same way lyrics flow over a beat, the lines and location of my works creates a rhythm and the color, subject, and details flow wherever they feel a beat.”