Strength in Nature
This part of the exhibition examines how the beauty and complexity of the natural world have inspired our students, featuring the use of nature to imagine dreamscapes, close observations of the natural forms and harmony in nature. The interrelatedness between nature and humans brings out personal experience of the wonder and joy of nature.
Against the Stream
Title: Against the Stream Student Artist(s): Michelle, Yu HuiYi Level: Year 1 Year: 2021 School: Millennia Institute Medium: Watercolor Size: 21 X 29.7cm Artist's Statement: Reflection of the state we are in, this work presents the reality of the need of the fishes to swim against the stream for survival, just like how we are [...]
My Kopsia
Title: My Kopsia Student Artist(s): Lim Yong Zhen Level: Secondary 4 Year: 2021 School: Commonwealth Secondary School Medium: Pencil Colours on Cardboard Size: 20cm x 15cm Artist's Statement: This is a Kopsia flower found in my school garden. I chose to draw it as it stood out from the other plants. Although it is a [...]
Grandiflora
Title: Grandiflora Student Artist(s): Wan Jia Qian Level: Secondary 4 Year: 2021 School: Commonwealth Secondary School Medium: Colour Pencils on Cardboard Size: 20cm x 15cm Artist's Statement: This is an abstract composition of my impressionistic drawing of a flower called Calliandra Grandiflora, which can be found in our school garden. I was attracted to the [...]
Starry Bull
Title: Starry Bull Student Artist(s): Daphene Lee Yun Jia Level: Secondary 4 Year: 2021 School: Commonwealth Secondary School Medium: Acrylic on Canvas Size: 30cm x 30cm Artist's Statement: I was so inspired by Vincent Van Gogh that I created a dreamy sort of colour palette for my starry bull composition. This coincided with the Chinese [...]
Floral Bull
Title: Floral Bull Student Artist(s): Zhang Wen Xin Level: Secondary 4 Year: 2021 School: Commonwealth Secondary School Medium: Acrylic on Canvas Size: 30cm x 30cm Artist's Statement: Inspired by Pablo Picasso’s Bull drawings, I used red as the base colour because it was the Chinese New Year of the Ox season when I painted this in [...]
Our Spirit Animals
Title: Our Spirit Animals Student Artist(s): Tan Si Ning Athena Lisa Lapiz Chauw Tang Hwee Xin, Grace Gwyneth Kok Ning Xuan Level: Primary 2 Year: 2021 School: Princess Elizabeth Primary School Medium: Mixed Media Size: 60cm x 30cm x 10cm Artist's Statement: We liked the stories that were told using totem poles. We thought of [...]