Nicholas Markowski, Bluffton High School senior, is the Icon student artist of the month.

He has taken Art 1, Design 1, Design 2, and is currently taking Design 3 and Art Seminar.

His plans after high school range from attending Salem University, West Virginia; Tulane University, Louisiana; and Acadia University, Nova Scotia.

" I plan on going into forensic artistry with criminal profiling at the college that I end up choosing," he said.

 "I enjoy art because it has always been a big part of my life. Even when I was in elementary school, I was constantly doodling and drawing," he said.

"Of course, my art was not as pretty as it is today, looking something similar to a bulbous Ninja-Turtle with balloon muscles, but I take pride in how far I have come and how far I will go in the future.

Vickie Garmon is the Bluffton High School art teacher.