Jocelyn Ochoa, a Bluffton High School senior, is the Icon's student artist of the month.

She has taken Art 1 and Design 1, and after high school plans to enroll in nursing school. 

"The picture the painting was based on was taken when I went to Hocking Hills with my friend two years ago," she said of the painting she holds. 

"We went in the fall, so there was a lot of pretty lighting and I took a lot of pictures of the nature and architecture there.

"I enjoy art because it allows me to express my ideas and it is therapeutic for me."

Vickie Garmon is the Bluffton High School art teacher.