Size: 1.5m x 90cm
Watercolour and Acrylic Paint on Watercolour Paper, black framing in glass.
This customised artwork is a visual story about care, community, and culture, created especially for the families, staff, and children at Gladesville Nurtured Education and Care Child Care Centre.
8 Monash Rd, Gladesville NSW 2111.
This piece embodies the values of this child care centre, building an artwork based on inclusivity, warmth and creating a loving environment that cares and protects young people. At the heart of the design are two large feet, placed in the centre of the artwork. These feet represent the parents and educators, the strong and nurturing figures who guide and support each child. They are the foundation, the source of safety, wisdom, and love that helps children grow.
Flowing through the centre is a stream with snapper fish. The stream symbolises the Eora Nation’s connection to water, especially the Wallumedegal people, whose totem is the snapper fish that resides within the location of Gladesville Child Care Centre. This stream reflects flow, change, and the deep relationship to Country, reminding us that children are always growing and learning, just like water moving through its path.
Chamelaucium Flowers were selected specifically for this piece. This native Australian flower is a waxflower representing joy, happiness, love and resilience. These flowers are small and bloom in different shades of white, pinks, purples and reds. I wanted this flower to represent the diversity of each child at this centre, all in their own stages of learning and blooming. Each child has a different personality that they get to develop. Inspired by the natural beauty seen within the childcare centre, these flowers are woven into the piece to represent this growth and development. This piece embodies powerful symbols of community and family, learning, and working together. These are values that are deeply felt in this centre.
The soft colour palette of light greens, blues, and pinks reflects nature, as well as the warm, welcoming colours of the childcare environment itself. Together, this artwork tells a story of connection, cultural respect, and care, a visual celebration of how this place helps children walk confidently into their future.
I worked alongside Melissa Khattar, Managing Director of this centre to create this piece that represents the indigenous culture and the present connections each child has to their spirituality within this preschool. It was a humbling and rewarding experience to bring this piece to life for them.
Size: 1.5m x 90cm
Watercolour and Acrylic Paint on Watercolour Paper, black framing in glass.
This customised artwork is a visual story about care, community, and culture, created especially for the families, staff, and children at Gladesville Nurtured Education and Care Child Care Centre.
8 Monash Rd, Gladesville NSW 2111.
This piece embodies the values of this child care centre, building an artwork based on inclusivity, warmth and creating a loving environment that cares and protects young people. At the heart of the design are two large feet, placed in the centre of the artwork. These feet represent the parents and educators, the strong and nurturing figures who guide and support each child. They are the foundation, the source of safety, wisdom, and love that helps children grow.
Flowing through the centre is a stream with snapper fish. The stream symbolises the Eora Nation’s connection to water, especially the Wallumedegal people, whose totem is the snapper fish that resides within the location of Gladesville Child Care Centre. This stream reflects flow, change, and the deep relationship to Country, reminding us that children are always growing and learning, just like water moving through its path.
Chamelaucium Flowers were selected specifically for this piece. This native Australian flower is a waxflower representing joy, happiness, love and resilience. These flowers are small and bloom in different shades of white, pinks, purples and reds. I wanted this flower to represent the diversity of each child at this centre, all in their own stages of learning and blooming. Each child has a different personality that they get to develop. Inspired by the natural beauty seen within the childcare centre, these flowers are woven into the piece to represent this growth and development. This piece embodies powerful symbols of community and family, learning, and working together. These are values that are deeply felt in this centre.
The soft colour palette of light greens, blues, and pinks reflects nature, as well as the warm, welcoming colours of the childcare environment itself. Together, this artwork tells a story of connection, cultural respect, and care, a visual celebration of how this place helps children walk confidently into their future.
I worked alongside Melissa Khattar, Managing Director of this centre to create this piece that represents the indigenous culture and the present connections each child has to their spirituality within this preschool. It was a humbling and rewarding experience to bring this piece to life for them.