Celebrating local artistic talent with the Young Artist of the Year competition
Lauren's piece was chosen for the impressive attention to detail she demonstrated and the way she was able to capture a genuine sense of emotion. The creative category winner said, "I drew two old indigenous ladies laughing together for my work and I used pencil as my main medium. I love how it shows that the love and friendship that life brings us is entirely ageless, as these two women are still enjoying their time together, with such clear humour and fun."
Marlies entered the digital category and saw her work come up against some stiff competition, but it was their highly creative and colourful composition that caught the eye of the judges. Marlies said, "For this piece I was really inspired by Japanese illustrators such as Naoki Saito, and various pins on Pinterest. I wanted to create a scene where my original character is trapped inside a space, and I experimented a lot with lighting and colours. By using a 'painterly' rendering style, I can easily add colours of different hues without it looking out of place and I think it makes the piece look more vivid and fun!"
