JOSIE MCKELLAR

This painting is a representation of the American Indian people, focusing on the resilience and bravery each tribe showed. Tribes had to battle upon European arrival - resulting in numerous deaths. The focal point is the masculine headpiece with symbols intertwined, creating symbolic meanings. It is faceless because of the loss of identity females in particular underwent. The rose was to represent beauty and femininity amongst the masculinity while the moon and stars represent new beginnings, turning dreams into reality and importance. The butterfly was placed to show the resilience all members of the tribe faced.

Mixed media on canvas

The Plight 2018

Year 11, Southern Cross Catholic College

Chloe Mcguire

Four is a series of prints that I made examining the surface of golf balls. Through these images I wanted to explore gender, and gender stereotypes. I myself am a keen golfer, but there is still some strong gender association with some sports and in particular the idea that 'men' play golf. The golf balls themselves are quite decorative and became like mini landscapes or worlds. I wanted to explore the notion of femininity by using the imagery of golf balls to create pattern and suggest a decorative element.

Four 2018 Collagraphic prints

Year 12, St Patrick's College Townsville

Stephanie Mcdougall

The focus of my artwork captures the negative side of how time has and will affect technology. The linear placement of my photographs suggests the deterioration and decay of society over time. Generations now and upcoming are wholly integrated with technology. Destruction of Ourselves will remind the audience just how powerful our devices are and how easy it is to lose touch with the real world.

Digitally enhanced image, LED, plastic flowers, computer keys, plastic pipe, pixels

2018

Destruction of Ourselves

Year 12, All Souls St Gabriels School share and experience emojis across social media, always looking down into the void.

Void reflects existence and society's use of social media as a way of identifying human emotion, through a dismal urban setting. The hard lines of the buildings, along with the dull colours, patterns and repetition of the figures, all contribute to the lifeless setting. The painting is a statement about how sterile society has become. The popularity of apps and social media has changed the identity of society, turning people into detached identities, removed from one another, even though they share the same physical space. Instead, they

Acrylic on canvas

Void 2018

Year 12, St Margaret Mary's College