Fort Simpson (May 19/06) - Twenty-five minutes of work is going to bring countless hours of attention to a piece of artwork created by Ryan Hanna.

Hanna, from Fort Simpson, is this year's winner of the logo competition for the Open Sky Festival.

Hanna said he decided to enter the contest for the competition and just sat down one day and drew the logo in approximately 25 minutes.

"I draw fast," he said with a smile.

With pencils and pencil crayons, Hanna drew a design that includes Virginia Falls, the South Nahanni River, mountains and a stylized eagle.

The inspiration came directly from the guidelines put out by the Open Sky Creative Society, said Hanna.

This year's theme for the festival is Nah a Dehe, the land, the people and the water of the Nahanni, present and future.

Creating art has always been a part of life for the 25-year-old Hanna, and this isn't his first success at drawing logos.

He drew his first logo in Grade 6 for the Beavertail Jamboree.

He later created the logo for the Open Doors Society. Most recently he created and painted a logo on a large sheet of plywood for the Family Cultural Centre.

Hanna attributes part of his success at creating logos to his ability to visualize what people want and project it into the artwork.

A career in art and comics is something that Hanna would like to pursue.

Growing up with animation movies, comics and action heroes has given him a love for that art form, Hanna said.

Hanna is a first year apprentice working towards a plumbing ticket.

He plans to use the trade as a backup for his artwork.

Hanna's logo was chosen from four other entries, Tonya Cazon said, who mentors the staff for the festival.

Cazon said Hanna met the festival's goals of supporting a regional artist and choosing a design that would be eyecatching and incorporated elements of the theme.

"It's going to be another big event," Cazon said about the upcoming festival that will run from June 30 to July 3.

This year, the festival is trying to introduce theatre as a way for people to express themselves, Cazon said.

Participants are currently being sought for both a theatre and a dance workshop.

Other upcoming events related to the festival include the annual bike-a-thon fundraiser and a session on gathering raw materials needed to make birchbark baskets.