This piece takes inspiration from Botticelli’s ‘Three Graces’. My folio board theme for this year is ‘Beauty and Corruption’ and revolves around the subject of Pretty Privilege. I wanted to represent women who would be considered conventionally attractive throughout the ages. In my painting, I depicted Margot Robbie, Cleopatra, and The Virgin Mary in a […]
Two budgies on a wooden perch with a green leafy background, acrylics painted on canvas.
Garbage Gobbler was made from clay, sculpted into the correct shape, then glazed with shiny red, white and black paint. He was then put into a kiln to fully harden. Garbage Gobbler loves chomping on pencils that are unknowingly put into him…and it’s no mystery where they end up.
Sunset Seahorse is a watercolour done in two sections. The first section is the background, painted with the cool colours of the ocean and sprinkled with salt to give it some texture. The second section is the seahorse itself, painted with the warm colours of the sunset, to make it stand out against the ocean. […]
Bulbasaur is a pencil sketch of one of my favourite Pokémon characters. He is a 4-legged dinosaur-type creature with a flower bulb growing on his back. He has a variety of plant related weapons, for example a vine whip. I spent a long time getting the details, shading and proportions accurate.
This statue symbolizes new growth and beginnings. Persephone, the Greek goddess of Spring, embodies this concept.
I created this artwork of my aunty, after she visited New Zealand for the first time last year (2023). Meeting her and hearing all the memories she shared with my siblings and parents made me envious of how little memories she and I shared. When she returned to the Middle East I found a photo […]
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