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Fatima Noor, Grade 11
Sculpture
School: Westlane Secondary School
Teacher: Mrs. Stacy Dunn-Hodges
Principal: Mrs. Karen Simpson
Artist Statement: My main focus for this piece was to showcase the importance of love and affection between a parent and child. But responsibilities and circumstances, such as work, can often get in the way. To convey this message, I have built a wire sculpture of two people (a child and parent/guardian) in an embrace. The base (hardwood floor) and props (suitcase - made of cardboard) are significant because they propose the idea that the adult has just come from work or is going to work. The child and the teddy bear (representative of childhood and innocence) holding onto the adult so tightly is supposed to symbolize desperation and sadness, hence, the title. Meaning the adult must not spend so much time with the child. My idea here was to insinuate sympathy and nostalgia in the audience. I wanted the viewer to be able to relate to the artwork in whatever way. Whether the parent figure is leaving or has just come home is supposed to arise feelings of compassion.
Sorrow and Doom
Marissa Ellis, Grade 11
Mixed Media
School: Stamford Collegiate
Teacher: Ms. Larissa Turcotte
Principal: Mr. Neil Sheard
Artist Statement: This piece was created to represent the feeling of no escape from sadness or fear, and being stuck in an eternal feeling of ‘Sorrow and Doom.’ Although you can find ways to comfort these negative feelings, sometimes it feels as if you are stuck. I came across this quote from the philosopher Alan Watts from an artist that I found and enjoy. He uses Alan Watts as a big inspiration for the pieces he creates. I explored this artist and his way of thinking and that’s when I found this saying which almost related to me in a sense- so I created this. In this piece I used colour, value and contrast. There’s variations of dark and light values and then that pop of red colour that contrasts with the values. When thinking of the meaning behind the words sorrow and doom, I find that it can be represented with sad, colourless shades like greys. The pop of colour was used to help bring a focal point to the meaning of the piece “Sorrow and Doom” and draws your attention to the middle of the creation.
Light and Dark
Matthew Lee, Grade 9
Sculpture
School: Port Colborne High School
Teacher: Ms. Sandra Palencar
Principal: Mr. Paul Taylor
Artist Statement: I chose this title because it signifies what the meaning of the sculpture and what it means to me personally.
The meaning is that the person I sculpted is me and the sun represents my good (light) emotions like happiness, joy, etc. and the moon represents my bad (darker) emotions like anger, hatred, etc.
I decided to make this art piece because I wanted to do something personal to me so I had a connection to it instead of it just being another project.
What this piece says about me is that I have a mixture of emotions, My favourite colour is blue (it says this because of the shirt colour), and that I like martial arts. It shows that I like martial arts because the way the sculpture is sitting.
Pallas, the Grim and Noble
Mandy Zhang, Grade 11
Sculpture 12" Tall
School: Sir Winston Secondary School
Teacher: Mr. Dan Ducroix
Principal: Ms. Ann Gilmore
Artist Statement: I built this sculpture of the Greek god, Pallas for a history assignment in art class. I’ve used a reference image of Pallas from Google as my inspiration. Through my research I found Pallas to be grim but noble. The first step to create this was to use wires to make an armature for a body frame. I then used tinfoil, paper tapes, and newspaper glued together to create the body and clothes. The hardest thing during this creative process for me was creating paper mache with newspaper and water. The newspaper was easily torn with water on it, so I needed to be really careful during that process. There is still room for improvement in using tinfoil and paper tapes more effectively to make the body stronger. Overall, I am satisfied with this piece because the effect it presents is worth the time and effort I’ve put into it.
"Suppression"
Rieley Mykyyuik, Grade 11
Sculpture
School: Grimsby Secondary School
Teacher: Ms. Vicki Schindel
Principal: Mr. Mat Miller
Artist Statement: This piece represents an inner spirit. I chose to represent the figure as what I believe my inner spirit would look like. The whiteness of the dress represents innocents and the body language represents suppression and doubt. The idea of this “inner spirit” is that we all have the capability to achieve great things, we just have to allow and push ourselves to do so. The inner spirit in this piece shows self suppression. This shows just because somebody isn’t physically suppressed by another, doesn’t mean they can’t be suppressed in other ways. This piece shows that society can suppress people in many different ways. This piece represents how the pressures of society can weigh down on a person and make them unable to see their true beauty and sorrow in their greatness.
Evil Desires
Kaytlan Bujilov, Grade 9
Sculpture
School: Westlane Secondary School
Teacher: Mrs. Stacy Dunn-Hodges
Principal: Mrs. Karen Simpson
Artist Statement: For my mask, I developed the persona of someone who was taken over by creating two layered masks. The bottom mask shows someone who was forced into the mask and underneath you can see the despair he feels while being stuck. In the bottom mask, the emotion I was going for was dread and full of despair. By positioning the eyebrows inward to furrow the brow created a look of sadness, and cutting the mouth but keeping it kind of closed helped show sadness too. For the upper mask layer, I conveyed a mischievous personality by adding a crooked chin and mouth with a mischievous kind of grin. Also the medium cracked a bit which inspired me to make the chin look old and cracked by shading and adding definition to the cracks. For colour, I used a bright red and faded into black to convey what most think are demons, or demonic beings, also it shows a big contrast to the dulled look of the face underneath. The dulled look of the human made it look like he was dying from everything he's going through. The upper mask layer was bright coloured to show the bright and excited look which the mask once fully carried.
Orc
Joshua Gomez Medrano, Grade 10
Sculpture 10 x 10 inches
School: Westlane
Teacher: Mrs. Stacy Dunn-Hodges
Principal: Mrs. Karen Simpson
The 4 Elements
Nhi Ton, Grade 9
Mixed Media 20" x 20"
School: St. Catharines Collegiate
Teacher: Mr. Dan Ducroix
Principal: Ms. Johanna Provost
Artist Statement: Whether in the form of video, art, literature, or games, the theme of the elements has continuously resonated with me. With this thought in mind, I wanted to create a piece that represented the many characteristics of the elements that have been such a huge inspiration for me when it came to the process of growing and creating. Making these 4 pieces, I used 4 different mediums that I felt would fit each element the best. While the medium for fire was mainly based on my confidence in the medium. Most of these mediums were newly introduced and unfamiliar to me thus, being quite challenging. However, I enjoyed the end results and the experiences that came with. This piece as a whole intertwines new and old memories of beloved characters and beloved concepts to me. I also wanted to show the dark pollution in water and air, the unseen nature, and the smoke that plagues our earth. I’m very happy with this and I hope that it represents me well.
Dragon Eye
Holden Berry, Grade 10
Sculpture 8 x 8 inches
School: Westlane Secondary School
Teacher: Mrs. Stacy Dunn-Hodges
Principal: Mrs. Karen Simpson
Artist Statement: For my sculpture, I chose to base my design on a dragon. Because of this, I decided to make a variety of scale types as well as spikes for different parts of the eye. During the creation of my sculpture, I found it difficult to apply the paper mache accurately. I overcame this by doing a fairly rough job and then cutting and adding details with paper clay. The paint on my sculpture turned out very well. I got exactly the effect I was looking for with the silver, and the rainbow looked just how I wanted. I am very happy with the final result. It looks better than I expected it to, and better than my pastel drawing (that this sculpture is based off of).
Heart of the Sea
Ava Hyatt, Grade 10
Sculpture
School: Welland Centennial Secondary School
Teacher: Ms. Jessica Acey
Principal: Mrs. Tammy Zonneveld
Artist Statement: I wanted to communicate the relaxation of the sea, with a sea turtle sculpture. When we think of sea turtles we think of the fascinating slow moving amazing heart of the sea. That's what I named my piece, “Heart of the Sea.” Sea turtles are so relaxing and make everyone happy. My goal was to give much detail, as my inspiration was Nick Mackman who have very interesting sculptures. In Mackman's work the details are so fine that you need to look very close, whether that being for the fur, feathers, and texture.
Giggles the Monster
Aidan Elia, Grade 12
Sculpture 17" x 15.5" x 14"
School: Thorold Secondary School
Teacher: Mrs. Carlee McTavish
Principal: Mrs. Karen Ferguson
Artist Statement: Giggles is a blue monster that I made for Halloween. Giggles has three eyes. I made her using paper mache.
Untitled
Paige Redman, Grade 9
Sculpture
School: Thorold Secondary School
Teacher: Mrs. Carlee McTavish
Principal: Mrs. Karen Ferguson
Artist Statement: This box of chocolates sculpture was inspired by the artist Peter Anton.
U-Boat Type VII: Under Attack
Daniel Lee, Grade 11
Sculpture
School: Eden High School
Teacher: Mr. Steven Azzopardi
Principal: Ms. Sharon Burns, Ms. Ann Kennerly
Artist Statement: The bloody sea wasn’t an intended effect at first. While I was painting with spray paint at the side of the wooden plank red, some of the aerosoles have got into the actual sea, creating a bloody effect of the sea, which I thought was cool, and have incorporated into the artwork. I wanted to suggest a feeling of cruelness of war in the artwork, by showing a battle worn submarine at its last moment before sinking, hit by a depth charge. I have done some heavy weathering such as algae at the waterline, and rust, to incorporate this feeling.