On the day of love, February 14th, Mrs.T’s drawing and painting students put on a show dedicated to their heroes. Back in November, students were assigned to create a piece of artwork that symbolizes a person close to them who has impacted their lives in the most meaningful and honorable way. These students went above and beyond to make their heroes feel special, pairing their artwork with a heartfelt paragraph describing why their artwork symbolized their hero. “I look forward to this show every year,” said Mrs.T, “It always brings all the emotions and is an awesome opportunity to show off all the talent these amazing artists have!”
Sophomore Avery Werner chose to do her dad for this project and painted an image of an ambulance to honor his work as an EMT. For Werner, this was a way to symbolize how much of an inspiration her dad is to her, but it also depicted how he is a hero to so many others by helping save lives. “I knew immediately after hearing about this project that I wanted to do my dad because, to me, he defines exactly what a hero is,” Werner commented. Being able to make such a substantial difference in many people’s lives and being idolized as a hero by your daughter is a great honor. Werner found a perfect way to symbolize his work as a hero.
Max Schulz ‘26 had a different idea of what a hero meant to him. Schulz idealised the idea of reliability and spending quality time together, and his mom is that very person for him. For his artwork, Schulz illustrated a scene of a koala and dragonfly playing cards representing his and his mom’s relationship and the bonding time they have playing games together. “My mom has always been my biggest inspiration,” Schulz shared, “she always knows how to make my day better and is always supporting me in everything I do.” Upon revealing the piece to his mom, it immediately moved Mrs.Schulz to tears and showed just how meaningful their relationship is.
For Roman Romer ‘26, his hero came from someone who is no longer here with us, but the lessons and value they added to Romer’s life still stick with him today. Romer chose to do his grandpa for this project and created a piece of a cross with dog tag necklaces around it as well as symbols to honor his grandpa’s work in the military. “The patches on all four corners of the canvas symbolized the patches he used to have on his army vest,” Romer explained,“ and the dogtags represented what he used to wear in battle.” Romer’s grandpa earned the hero title in his life by teaching him how to be a better man and how to be more accepting of the world around him.
A hero can be defined by many different things and come in all different shapes and sizes. But what it all boils down to is how impactful they are in someone’s life and how they changed them for the better. The Hero Art Show did a fantastic job at properly honoring all of the students’ amazing heroes and were thrilled students at GHS have such great role models to look up to.
