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age:13 E z ekiel Swindell can’t q uite remember when he started drawing, but he has as long as he can remember and doesn’t plan on stopping. E z ekiel is 13 years old and has been recogniz ed on multiple occasions for his amaz ing artistic talents. In 2 0 19 , E z ekiel had the opportunity to participate in the annual tradition of Suffolk P ublic Schools students painting downtown business windows for the Christmas season. He painted a winter scene of a log cabin with a snowman on the window of Baron’s P ub, a highly trafficked restaurant in downtown Suffolk. E z ekiel has also won three scholarships from the Suffolk Art L eague for his art. In the 2 0 19 -2 0 2 0 school year, he won the Sharon P icot and Chip P icot Student Scholarship and the John R . Taylor Memorial Scholarship for V isual Arts. He won the Taylor one again this school year.
He hopes to put the money from these scholarships toward Governor’s School for the Arts. E z ekiel’s plan is to try for next year’s summer camp for visual arts. E z ekiel keeps his creative process simple. Since he is only in seventh grade, E z ekiel has not thought much about his future but figures he will do something with art. “I draw a lot of realistic stuff like people and faces,” said E z ekiel. “I’m trying to draw other things too from my imagination.” E z ekiel also loves to bake cakes and cupcakes. He won the 2 0 18 Cupcake Wars for his age division at L ake P rince Woods R etirement Community to raise money to end Alz heimer’s. His winning creation? Cupcakes that looked like apples. No matter the format, if it is something artistic, E z ekiel’s masterpiece is sure to stand out. — Rac h el W ar t ian
What are your favorite books? The “Amulet” series by Kazu Kibushi. What is your favorite movie? “The Mysterious Island”
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