Gallery
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Emily Manktelow
(year 11)
Artwork: Radiant in Diversity
“Every element in the artwork was designed, created or purchased with the desire to illuminate the beauty of nature’s diversity… the visit and involvement with the Pages River has helped me realise how fragile and precious nature actually is, but still has many beautiful aspects.”
(Sep 2007) |
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Jade Osborn
(year 10)
Artwork: Eye of El Nino
“The subject matter of my artwork is based around the drought… The Pages River is an important part of the Hunter Valley and a life line to the farmers, which allows agriculture to thrive in the area.”
(Sep 2007) |
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Jane Pinkerton
(year 10)
Artwork: Lifeless on the Land
“While viewing my artwork, I wanted people to think about the financial and emotional crisis farmers living next to rivers face in the times of droughts… It really depresses me to think that what was once a major gushing component to life along the river has been destroyed because of mining.”
(Sep 2007) |
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Jessica Touzell
(year 10)
Artwork: Adam and Eve
“I feel that the Pages River was once a paradise much like the Garden of Eden…The harsh and dramatic change to the environment has caused many living things in the area to die.”
(Sep 2007) |
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Kathryn Mclean
(year 10)
Artwork: The wall of moving pictures.
“I didn’t realise how we (humans) weren’t the only ones dependent on the river. When I sat on the river bank I just stopped, looked and listened to my surroundings. I saw all the beauty the river helped create and I realised that the river does not just bring water. It brings life.”
(Sep 2007) |
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Laurence Lusty
(year 10)
Artwork: Finding peace in the Pages
“My artwork is about finding peace in a place that has recently been in chaos…The Pages River means a lot to me. I learned that the river does more than flow down its banks. It feeds and supports the life that surrounds it.”
(Sep 2007) |
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Isobel Irwin
(year 10)
Artwork: Zebra
“My artwork is about the impact humans have on the environment. Its about humans walking over the world and not even knowing they are doing it. The Pages river means a lot to me because, like all rivers, it is a source of tranquillity, peace and life.”
(Sep 2007)
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Shaun Bisby-Joyce
(year 11)
Artwork: Art and Nature together as one.
“The artwork is about how art and nature can come together as one... For me the Pages River is nature and it’s beauty.”
(Sep 2007)
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Tom Ferguson
(year 10)
Artwork: Gibbet Tree
“…when people look at my artwork they are suppose to think about the dwindling amount of water in the river, and the dead trees.”
(Sep 2007)
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Hedda Soremshaugen
(year 11)
Artwork: Fake Future
“My artwork is about the future possibility of nature with artificial leaves in dead trees, because of humans’ impact on the environment.”
(Sep 2007)
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Martin Karafilis
(year 10)
Artwork: Don’t get too comfortable
“my installation represents the always changing Pages River…The river is a vital source to wildlife, flora as well as to many farmers…When the river changes it is these people who either suffer or reap the benefits and flourish, making the Pages River a key to the Upper Hunter’s unique surroundings.”
(Sep 2007)
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