One City One Story 2017 Art Contest

3rd place

Middle School category


Clarissa Ayala

Grade 8, St. Andrews School

“Preparing for Takeoff”

Acrylic paint; 8 x 10 inches

A lone plane on tarmac, absent of people and luggage, illustrates the purity—and sometimes loneliness—of traveling. There’s great use of negative space—of wide open possibilities; they could be going anywhere.


To view the list of the contest winners:  OCOS 2017 The Traveler Contest Winners