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.

  “My name is Zachary Hardin and I’m a sophomore at Bement High School. I am currently 16 years old but will turn 17 on January 18th. My artwork displayed is a mix of artwork that I did in art class this year, last year, and some work I’ve done at home. My current favorite medium to do is painting with watercolor or acrylic paint.

  My works on display include charcoal, water color, acrylic painting, and colored pencil. Last year my work was to display some mental health conditions. My point to get across is to show how it feels with such conditions but in a visual form. But this year I have done things that came to mind to fit my assignments guidelines. Such as my painting of my cat Skittles (Skitty).

  My final piece I’ll mention is one I did at home. This piece is of independent professional wrestler Benjamin Trust. I made this as a gift towards him as I like to give things to the wrestlers I enjoy.  If you’re interested in seeing him you can find him on social media for wrestling shows but he’s most seen at the company Pro Wrestling Epic.”