AN INK-REDIBLE PIECE One of Vivekanand’s favorite pieces, Dragon, features an intricate pattern on the body of the animal. “I like how the detail on the wings came out,” said Vivekanand.

Have you ever been in a class so boring that you start doodling in the margins? You end up drawing little pictures or patterns right? Imagine taking that talent and using it competitively! 

That’s what Tove Vivekanand ‘25 did when she submitted a winning entry for the Juried Art Competition for Art Around Saline. Titled “Dragon,” this pencil and ink piece was submitted by Tove last year and is now being displayed downtown Saline.

Vivekanand has had an interest in art since she was a child, and has seemed talented from the beginning.

“In preschool she would bring home some artwork like everyone does, and we started noticing that she was pretty good,” said her mother, Jennifer Vivekanand. 

Vivekanand is constantly doing art, whether it’s doodling in class, or working on a new piece. Her friends see her doing art all the time.

“It’s so cool, she does line art, and a lot of shading with pen. She makes cool intricate drawings of wolves and dragons,” said Hannah Behringer ‘25.

Vivekanand started pattern work only two years ago. When experimenting with it she found it pretty relaxing. She does acrylic and digital work as well. Her main drawing style is ink and pen drawings. Some of her favorite things to draw are dragons, wolves, and animals in general.

“[I like to draw] mostly animals. I’ve been trying to do more landscapes, though. Like trees, oceans, mountains, stuff like that, ” says Vivekanand.

Just in her freshman year, Vivekanand painted a Griffin that was the winning entry of the Greenhills cover art competition. It became the cover of the Evergreen Magazine in 2022. 

“She has a lot of different art styles.  I think [the Griffin] is her acrylic style or her digital style, but she also does a lot of very beautiful hand drawings,” says Vivekanand’s mother. 

Vivekanand’s mother, said she has always been an accomplished artist as evidenced by her being selected as one of six winners for the Juried Art Competition for Art Around Saline.

“My mom told me about [The Art Around Saline exhibit] and she thought I could [submit to it] there was a piece I was already working on, so I finished it, and then I submitted it online, and then a few months later, I heard that I’d won,” said Vivekanand. “Then I got to go see it downtown. It was nice.” 

In addition to winning a $300 honorarium, a 4’x3′ reproduction of her work is hanging in downtown Saline for one year in parking lot # 4, 100 S. Vivekanand has many exceptional pieces.

“The one I submitted [for the competition, “Dragon”] was definitely one of my favorites,” said Vivekanand.

Vivekanand’s mother took a key role in motivating her to participate competitively. 

 “I think people that know Tove know she’s a little quiet and she doesn’t talk about herself much, but she’s a very accomplished artist and I encouraged her to try it out. Send a piece in and see what happens, right? You don’t know unless you try,” said Vivekanand’s mother.

Currently, one of the many things Vivekanand is working on is a series of coloring books to be published, as her senior project. 

“She’s busy, she’s always posting and she’s always working on something,” said Vivekanand’s mother. 

Additionally, Tove has a website with all of her art, including videos of her drawing, and information about her and her art. It’s called ToveBlue.com.

”I just really enjoy drawing,” said Vivekanand.

As for the future, Vivekanand has an art show coming up in June 2025, just before graduation, at Caragan Cafe in Downtown Saline. If you were to go to the Juried exhibit you would see her new show, just across the street, called “The World of Tove Blue.”