- May 1, 2026
Flagler Palm Coast High School junior Kylee Craft holds up her acrylic work, "PRIDE," one of the more popular pieces in the school's student art show on April 30. Photo by Brent Woronoff
Flagler Palm Coast Principal Bobby Bossardet examines Brayden Roe's photograph, "Eye Candy," at the student art show on April 30. Roe is a junior in Angela Biggs' photography class. Photo by Brent Woronoff
FPC senior Jace Aguilar's ink and marker picture, "The Watcher" is part of his eight-part area of concentration series in Amber Jensen's art class. Photo by Brent Woronoff
FPC sophomore Javiera Navarrete holds up her oil pastel portrait of singer Jen from K-pop group, BTS. Photo by Brent Woronoff
Sophomore Lynnsie Jones holds up her water color paint and ink, "Dragon," at Flagler Palm Coast's student art show. The piece is part of her area of concentration, mythical creatures, in Amber Jensen's Portfolio Development class. Photo by Brent Woronoff
FPC freshman Ja'yana Osborne was inspired by her grandma's hobby of sewing in her colored pencil drawing, "Threaded Harmony," which she created in Angela Biggs' drawing class. Photo by Brent Woronoff
FPC art teachers Angela Biggs (left) and Amber Jensen (right) put together the student art show along with art teacher Ashley Shellman. Photo by Brent Woronoff
Assistant Principal Chris Tincher and Principal Bobby Bossardet examine Brayden Roe's digital photograph "Eye Candy" at Flagler Palm Coast High School's student art show. Photo by Brent Woronoff
Drawings by student artists at Flagler Palm Coast High school's student art show on April 30. Photo by Brent Woronoff
Student artist Kyley Craft sees beauty in imperfection.
Her acrylic painting, “PRIDE,” was one of the most talked about pieces in Flagler Palm Coast High School’s student art show on Thursday, April 30. The woman’s face in the piece does not fit into society’s perception of beauty, Craft said. But there's no arguing its impact.
“It draws your eyes with all the colors,” said Craft, a junior in Amber Jensen’s Portfolio Development 2 class. “It’s almost unhuman in a way, but it’s still human. It’s not the perfect human being when you think of someone with the perfect nose, or the perfect hair or the perfect lips.
“That’s my inspiration behind all my pieces,” she said, “just being unique and different. And I think this one shows it all the best.”
It’s not the perfect human being when you think of someone with the perfect nose, or the perfect hair or the perfect lips.
— KYLEY CRAFT, describing her acrylic painting.
There were 121 student-produced drawings, photographs and paintings in the show, organized by art teachers Jensen, Angela Biggs and Ashley Shellman.
Jensen, who teaches Drawing 1 and 2 and Portfolio 1 and 2 for advanced students, said it’s the first time in her seven years at Flagler Palm Coast that they’ve held such an event, allowing people to examine the art work, talk to the student artists and even munch on hors d’oeuvres. They want to make it an annual event.
“I think it turned out really well, and I'm already planning the next one,” Jensen said.
The Portfolio students choose an area of concentration and pursue that path for the year, Jensen said. Sophomore Javiera Navarrete’s inspiration for her area of concentration is singer Jin from the K-pop group BTS. Navarrete’s oil pastel, “Jin,” was in the show. It is one of her several portraits of the artist who inspires her to pursue her own art of drawing and writing.
“He’s really talented and drives his fans to do the best they can,” she said.
Senior Jace Aguilar showed his ink and marker drawing, “The Watcher,” which is the fourth of his eight-part fantasy series depicting the horrors of war. In The Watcher, “a god is watching the destruction of a kingdom,” that was featured in his third drawing, he said.
Sophomore Lynnsie Jones’ watercolor paint and ink piece of a fire-breathing dragon is part of her eight-part series on mythical creatures. Jones said she focuses on details and sharper lines, even though watercolors are supposed to be loose.
The teachers say a lot of students discover their love of art after they take a class to satisfy the arts graduation requirement.
“Students have to take a fine arts credit to graduate,” Biggs said, “so a lot of kids take drawing or photography as a ‘I have to do it,’ but then realize they have a true love and passion for it, and it ends up becoming something more. By the time they've taken it for three years, you're like, at the beginning they had no idea they even liked drawing.”
Craft, is one of the students who’s love for art continues to take shape, Jensen said.
“Kyley was telling me today that ‘I kind of just was sketching for myself. And now I've gotten better at it, and I found a love for it,’” Jensen said. “So, it's very rewarding to see that door open for these kids.”
