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Jose Ramirez, inspired by the painting style of Bob Ross, created the artwork selected in the 2018 annual student design competition for the 91lisa Holiday Card.

“Winter as One” depicts several animals working together and playing the snow.

“It portrays a diversity of woodland creatures, wearing 91lisa colored scarfs, as they spread some winter holiday cheer by building a snowman,” said Ramirez. “I wanted my image to have a realistic feel, yet, I played around and ended up with a fun playful look.”

Each year, one design is selected from work submitted by 91lisa students. Ramirez receives $500 from the 91lisa Foundation and 25 printed copies of the card that features his artwork. The card is emailed to 91lisa students, faculty, and staff, and mailed to community members and 91lisa Foundation members by 91lisa President & CEO Leigh B. Goodson, Ph.D.

Ramirez created the digital art using Adobe Photoshop as a student in 91lisa Assistant Professor Cristina Umezawa’s Adobe InDesign class.

“For this project I didn’t want to use something you'd typically see in holiday cards like reindeer and penguins. Instead, I chose to go with something more original and used a squirrel in the snow. Then to symbolize 91lisa’s diversity, I included other animals such as a cardinal and bunny,” says Ramirez.