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Winning Works from the 12th Contest (2021)
Thoughts and Wishes in the Paintings
“eco together” - Planet Earth Grand Prix:
Friendship between man and animal and nature
Age: 7
In this painting, I went into the forest with my mother and there I saw a giraffe that his leg was injured. I bandaged her leg with the tools I had and Giraffe and I became friends. The forest is the home of animals. We should be friends with them and help them.
“eco together” - Kao Prize:
Angel of Nature
Age: 10
You know how much more polluted the air is when we are in a car than when we are on a bus. Or how long does it take for our gum to decompose when we drop it on the floor? I want to remove all the pollution and return the lost beauties of nature to nature by the angel I love.
There is a moment just before sunset when the landscape is enveloped in a golden shine. The painting reminds us that there are beautiful moment and happiness in our ordinary life, which we are common to forget as we keep busy.
“eco together” - Kao Prize:
I love forest. I love animals. I love earth.
Age: 10
We need to take care of the environment with love. I love forest. I love animals. And, I want everyone in the world to love It too. If we love animals and forest, That make we don’t want to destroy it. We will live with nature to be happy and sustainably.
While many entries feature scenes of nature observed from the city side, respecting the beauty of nature, this entry features a scene of the city from the nature side. Changes in thinking and focus on viewpoint are quite unique. We also received a message that we must create an environment for cities that enables us to live in harmony with nature and animals.
“eco together” - Kao Prize:
Green Paradise
Age: 6
I drew trees, giraffes, and lions because I love animals and the earth! We need lots of trees so that there is a comfortable home for animals and that the Earth’s environment will be even more wonderful.
The trees are branching naturally, so we were impressed with her observation. It tells us that we, as observers, are also part of nature. She draws the world seen through her eye as a child, not the world adults want to create.
“eco together” - Kao Prize:
Let’s praise for the continuation of life
Age: 14
When a cicada’s life ends, it returns to the ground and becomes nutrients for plants. The whole humankind must protect the world’s environment together and avoid causing damage to it so that the lives of different living things on the Earth can continue forever.
The work is themed on "life and death." The word sustainable is usually translated as the ability to sustain, but it originally means a continuous cycle. Sustainable means the continuous cycle of life and death, passing life onto the next generation, and this painting captures it magnificently.
“eco together” - Kao Prize:
Save the world with our hands
Age: 7
That the environment will be sustainable, it is not just someone’s duty but it is our “COLLABORATION” to conserve forest, create nature, and reduce pollution emission. To sustainably live, whether the environment will be sustainable or not, it is in all our hand.
In so many environmental issues, the painting is pleading for us to protect our verdantly beautiful planet. The earth is made of handprints, directly communicating that "if we join hands and come together, we can make a beautiful world".
“eco together” - Kao Prize:
The Five Elements of Nature
Age: 13
According to ancient Indian scriptures, five elements of nature are responsible for the creations, survival and sustainability. For the future generations, we must protect this ancient wisdom with careful management, and it is the only way to sustain life on the planet.
The beautiful color contrast instantly captured our attention. "Earth, water, fire, sky, and wind", the five elements of nature from ancient India is protecting life, and it shows there is a hint for how to be sustainable.
“eco together” - Kao Prize:
My house is in the tree branches and roots
Age: 7
From the tree, branches and roots will grow an environmentally friendly generation. I present my work through a group activity in which I read together with my best friend. Our story is immortalized in eco-friendly activities. Come on, be diligent in reading!
Children at the top of the tree are looking at own tablet. A very unique work including a mixture of "online and offline," and "nature and technology". Instead of denying technology, the painting shows a possibility through the child's point of view that nature and technology can exist together.
“eco together” - Kao Prize:
Hug me gently
Age: 10
People and nature are in a close relationship that cannot be expressed in words. Humanity needs to be kind to nature so that the natural world can survive. Not just to protect it, if people can be in harmony with nature, then they can create a wonderful tomorrow.
The painting tells that she loves and wants to respect nature, and it also shows the wonderfulness and preciousness of living in harmony with animals and nature. Concrete buildings and beautiful nature are uniquely placed on the girl's hair like a collage, they also emphasize how nature is merging with city.
Chair of Jury Fumikazu Masuda Selected
A Beautiful Forest
Age: 6
Animals stand out from the beautiful green background, and it creates depth in the painting. The split composition with drawn tree vertically and horizontally is interesting, and it highlight the child's taste. It makes us hope the painter will never lose this sensitivity.
Jury Sumiko Okubo Selected
Penguins Looking for Fish to Eat
Age: 6
The painting features animals including birds, sea otters and fishes. I put much values on that it is drawn what the painter just feels without any common rule. Also it is beautiful to use colors of the sky and iceberg and drawing stars.
Jury Kei Matsushita Selected
Friendship
Age: 10
A very persuasive work with a straight-forward message from the painter. It features an advanced technique, with the tree fruit and leaves drawn in primary colors yet creating one entire world.
Jury Yoko Oyamada Selected
LET’S SAVE OUR ENVIRONMENT
Age: 12
The vibrant face of the sea turtle made of plastic bottles and smiling children give us hopes for the future. The painting seems not only merely seeing marine waste as an issue but taking a step ahead in suggesting environmental solutions.
Jury Yasunori Hosokawa Selected
Protecting Our Earth Colony
Age: 7
The painting tells us hopes for the ideal future clearly. It is highlighted the painter's sharp perspective using the theme of this contest as "ants" that they are working hard together and making action to prepare for the future.
Jury Naoto Katahira Selected
Green Riding
Age: 10
The painting directly shows that bicycles are an environment-friendly and fun vehicle. As the face is not included, we can cast ourselves in the painting and receive the message that we should take ownership of the issue.
Eco Friend Prize:
Cheerful colors with a healthy environment smiling
Age: 7
The upper part of the painting shows ideas for improving the global environment with faces and hands all around. It sends out a strong message that we will bring together ideas and do something together.
Eco Friend Prize:
The rubbish is home.
Age: 6
The plastic waste issue is turned into a beautiful design, but the painting shows that the painter as a child clearly sees it as an issue. The use of red as an accent color to bring out the large blue part shows wonderful artistic sense.
Eco Friend Prize:
Eaten Up by Garbage
Age: 9
The painting boldly tells us that when we pollute the environment, it will come back to us. The essence of the issue is suitably featured in the painting, and it makes us face reality much more acutely than words ever can express.
Eco Friend Prize:
One island, One life
Age: 7
The composition of the painting is unique that animals hiding behind the tress are looking at us and that branches spreading out from the center tree fill the whole canvas. It highlights freely the world-view special to a child.
Eco Friend Prize:
Let’s make our environment Sustainable, together
Age: 6
It features a unique idea of the apartment complex of the world, and it shows the painter's keen skills of observation and suggestion. It is superb for balanced placement of motifs filling the space and the shading on humans and animals.
Eco Friend Prize:
A Beautiful World
Age: 13
Four seasons in Japan are drawn with respect, and the painting tells us that the painter wants to express Japanese touch and the beauty of Japan. It is interesting that each season is drawn in different ways. The use of various techniques highlights the painter's excellent skills.
Eco Friend Prize:
Save the Eco-system!
Age: 9
The painting is appealing the seriousness of the plastic waste issue by using a plastic bottle like the Gulliver in Gulliver's Travel. Meanwhile, the Lilliputians look positive rather than negative so that the issue can be resolved if everyone puts their power together.
Eco Friend Prize:
Let’s grow together
Age: 9
A girl looking like a heroine is holding the earth, and it shows a strong will "I protect our earth!" Unique use of insect faces for the earth's eyes and the fish for the earth's mouth.
Eco Friend Prize:
beauty in a glass jar
Age: 11
The painting is a story that every life has been born from the ocean and evolved, and humans have been creating civilizations. A mythical and wonder atmosphere are skillfully presented.
Eco Friend Prize:
A tree of wonder
Age: 7
The painter sees nature as one unity and captures it boldly with breaking the common knowledge that melons and watermelons do not grow on the same tree. It also tells a message directly that we should cherish water.
Eco Friend Prize:
Dazzling Nature
Age: 10
Air and water are vital for plants and nature. This preciousness is expressed well with the water in the center and the rainbow upside. The scene around the water looks joyful, and we feel hopes.
Eco Friend Prize:
Return to the truth & back to basic
Age: 9
The painting shows a cycle of seeds' life. There is something impressionist about this painting by brushwork to express unviewable things like the flow and the atmosphere of the wind. The unique colors and composition also have a mystic attraction.
Eco Friend Prize:
FUTURE GENERATION
Age: 14
The painting shows a scene of seedlings taking over for three generations and sends a message that we must preserve nature through the generations. Drawing of humans and the frame is unique and attractive.
Eco Friend Prize:
SAVE OUR OCEAN, SAVE OUR FUTURE!
Age: 15
The painting has a unique expression that a lump of waste is going to eat fishes. It describes the situation very well that marine debris keep increasing and fishes are facing a risk. The painting is drawn to every detail.
Eco Friend Prize:
A Tree House That is Kind to the Environment
Age: 9
The painter observes with own viewpoint and digests the scenery as own story. It depends on each one to take what the story tells. The work is inspiring and exciting.
Eco Friend Prize:
THE BIG TREE AND ME
Age: 7
The beautiful and ideal world for the painter is abstracted well and expressed, then it gives us a message with fun. The painting is attractive with many colors placed in perfect balance.
Eco Friend Prize:
A New Shoot
Age: 14
The painter is zooming in on a tiny event which is a plant sprouting. The hopeful moment of the seed coming into life is quietly presented in light colors. The painting awakens us to the fact that the world could be viewed from such a humble perspective.
Overall, the painting looks shiny, embodying her strong wish for an ideal world and her hopes for the future. It suggests that nature and animals are testing humans to see if we are on their side. The dotted style fills the work with rhythm and joy.