Six hand painted frames of hands playing different parts of orchestral music.

Hunters Hill High School

A Translation: a hand-painted animation

Time-Based Forms

Oil painting on glass animation

In my body of work, the artmaking process behind each painted frame, Perspex plate and piece of piano music involved my hands. Hands translate artists’ emotions into art. Every form of art involves an intrinsic passion surrounded from a young age by the light of learning and encouragement. This light gradually transitions into the darkness where the emotion lies, then through the hands into the final artwork. I represent this progression in the piano’s black and white keys. I was inspired by how an orchestra conductor’s hands reveal the expression of a musical piece, binding rhythm to emotion.

The study and interpretation of the artist Aleksandr Petrov, The Old Man And The Sea have influenced my artmaking practice.

ARTEXPRESS is a collaboration between NSW Department of Education and NSW Education Standards Authority, curated and presented by Hazelhurst Arts Centre.