Art from the Heart Winners 2025

Vincent van Gogh Award: Best Use of Color

Priyangi Malaviarachchi, Autumn Walk

Image of a painting of an autumnal forest scene. a path goes through the trees in the center of the painting. A deer crosses the path in the middle section of the painting. Warm sunlight comes down through the leaves.

Priyangi Malaviarachchi is a Clinical Research Coordinator at UAMS.

Leonardo da Vinci Award: Most Inventive Work

Kaylee Walsh, Study Buddies

drawn image of two blue candles with weary faces sharing the same flame. they are superimposed over a background of a well-worn Scantron-style answer sheet

Kaylee Walsh is a Qualified Behavioral Health Provider at UAMS.

Critic’s Choice Award: Overall Strongest Work

Mattie Neighbors, Through the Lens of Perseverance

impressionistic painting of a female medical researcher looking through a microscope

Mattie Neighbors is a student at UAMS.

People’s Choice Award

Emory Malone, Reflection

Cross-stitched image of an Asian garden. A bow bridge is going over a small pond and there are lily pads in the water and pink-flowered trees around the pond

Emory Malone is a Ph.D. candidate and graduate research assistant at UAMS.