‘King Beast’
By KYLE WILSON — CNA staff reporter
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| East Union student Zach Brown used pastels to complete this drawing entitled “King Beast.” His drawing won the 5th District Congressional Art Competition and now hangs in the Cannon Tunnel in Washington, D.C. |
At a young age, Zach Brown lost his aunt Michelle Brown.
In the words of Zach and his family, Michelle was an “extraordinary artist.”
She died of cancer; Zach was just 9 years old. But from that day forward, he set out to commemorate her work and follow her path into art.
“I looked up to her so much,” Brown said. “When she died, she was working on a piece of a lion and a lamb. That piece means a lot to our family because it was the last thing she did before she died. I always was in awe of that picture. I’ve always wanted to pay my respects to her, in my own way.”
Winning
Two months ago, those respects were paid. Brown, of Lorimor and a student at East Union High School, won Iowa’s 5th District Congressional Art Competition for his piece of artwork called, “King Beast.” The illustration is of a lion, one Brown describes as powerful and prestigious.
Brown used a pastel dry paint stick on a fabric sway board to complete the drawing.
The competition paid for Brown and one guest, his uncle Mike Brown, to fly to Washington, D.C., in June.
Brown, along with winners across the United States, were honored for their artwork during a ceremony July 17 in the Cannon Tunnel, an underground tunnel connecting the Cannon House Office and the U.S. Capitol.
The tunnel is used by congressional staff, members of Congress and tourists who wish to travel between the buildings without going outside.
• Read more of this story in the July 20 edition of the Creston News Advertiser.
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