Entries we received are artistic, creative and inspiring, covering a very varied field of topics, reflecting keen interests of people in the community from various cultural backgrounds. We had to make hard decisions to pick the winning entries, and we wish to share these brilliant works with you.
This participant is from the Chinese community, who captured the images of the streets of Sydney before and during the pandemic. Although the COVID-19 outbreak has impacted many lives, he believes that “in this changing world, somethings will remain unchanged.
This lady made good use of her time at home and created a bead embroidery painting with artificial ‘diamond’ beads, and she plans to place the finished works in her newly renovated home. She enjoys painting however is not good at it. A friend of hers recommended this type of bead embroidery painting, which she can create an artwork by picking up the colourful beads with a tweezer and matching and sticking them onto the various colour sections on the base picture. Although it is not a perfect works, she feels a sense of accomplishment.
This is a gentleman from the Korean community, who always has a passion for water colour painting. He has extra time recently to spend at home in his creative works. He believes that his thoughts can be portrayed freely through painting, and all the beautiful things around him can be recorded using his brushes. His choice of radiant colours creates a joyful atmosphere for the works.
This participant told us that during the extended “school holiday” this year, she teamed up with her son to assemble a Lego set. They started with a table covered by colourful Lego blocks of various shapes and sizes, and patiently handled each piece in the process. As time passes the team finally completed a small and cute vintage car Lego model. They enjoyed those moments and all their worries and concerns about the pandemic have drifted away.
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