The main idea of this painting is the struggles of having to fit in with society’s expectations, even if you are perhaps against them, someway, somehow. The standards put in place ensure that everyone becomes the perfect “model citizens” of a utopia no one chooses to be born in. Sometimes going against these standards comes with consequences; thus people are afraid to stick out.
The symbolic elements representing the angel and devil are not intended to be associated with religious ideas or beliefs whatsoever, but more to showcase the mere basis idea of the good and bad. The mask made to deceive others is worn by the one whose pure intentions disagree with the majority; an angel lurking in a world overtaken by evil..
Our true feelings can be masked by an expression of the opposite. The heart is not the same as the mind; let that be a reminder that a person with a smile is not always happy. I hope one day no one would need a ‘mask’ to fit in and avoid discrimination
School: Tarporley High School and Sixth Form College
Dimension: 100 x 100cm
Medium: Acrylic and varnish
Age: 17
Country: Chester
Abstract landscape painting inspired by stratigraphy and topography
08/20
Cameron Hand
Cameron Hand
Landscape I
School: Tarporley High School and Sixth Form College
Dimension: 100 x 100cm
Medium: Acrylic and varnish
Age: 17
Country: Chester
Abstract landscape painting inspired by stratigraphy and topography
09/20
Florence Bowers
Florence Bowers
Landscape I
School: Tarporley High School and Sixth Form College
Dimension: 100 x 100cm
Medium: Acrylic and varnish
Age: 17
Country: Chester
Abstract landscape painting inspired by stratigraphy and topography
10/20
Karis Harper
Karis Harper
Landscape I
School: Tarporley High School and Sixth Form College
Dimension: 100 x 100cm
Medium: Acrylic and varnish
Age: 17
Country: Chester
Abstract landscape painting inspired by stratigraphy and topography
11/20
Dylan Atkinson
Dylan Atkinson
Layers of Nature’s Stratigraphy
School: Tarporley High School and Sixth Form College
Dimension: 100 x 100cm
Medium: Acrylic and varnish
Age: 18
Country: Chester
Abstract painting inspired by stratigraphy and topography of the earth’s layers, knitting together different forms and elements: from the roots of plants, rings of a tree and boulders beneath the surface.
A mixed media sculpture inspired by a project entitled ‘Our World’ in which the artist examines the decline of the high street as a result of online shopping.
