13th Contest (2022)

Mangrove forest are inhabited by various animals such as mudskipper, mangrove crab, egret and loris. In addition, the mangrove forest is also a line to prevent the washing of the sea as well. In my painting, my friend and I are helping to plant mangroves to provide their homes, food and a good weather. We have a great time, and we are proud of our efforts to protect the mangrove forests, I promise I will be environmentally friendly.

When we draw nature, we tend to feature the regular colors of trees and leaves, but this work presents it using extremely unique colors for attracting attention to the activities of the people in the background. It is an excellent work because of its truly unique sensibilities and distinctive concept. The work depicts intricate details, but it is balanced as a whole, and also the particular space catches our eyes, even from a distance. It is a profound work and sparks inspiration in many ways.

We should be diligent in preserving the environment and my painting was about giving a message to my friends to love the earth. In my painting someone is cleaning the earth and every person is doing something to make the planet happy.

It is quite interesting that the earth in the center is drawn beyond the common sense. The work is excellent to express that the earth has feelings and emotion just like us. The use of colors and techniques are also elaborate, and the touch and coloring give us a strong passion into the work. This work shows the message to try working on the global environment issues positively.

Nature and environment such as tree, river, wind, sky, and air are part of life. They are related. It is a contributing factor to life balance. So, nature and environment are very important to every life.

It is very interesting how trees and clouds are each depicted repeatedly in the same way. This repetition shows an energetic expression, and it makes the painter’s thoughts and wishes on the painting more impressive. The foreground can be interpreted either as trees growing on a mountain or on a single tree trunk. The work encourages us to think about why the painter has drawn it in this way.

I have depicted two hands - human and natural. In the human hand there are people and garbage, and in the natural there are plants and animals. The human hand holds the universe, and the natural hand holds the sea. I drew this to show people that they can help make nature more sustainable by stopping polluting it.

At first glance, this work appears to show two hands are supporting the earth, but it also resembles two trees. It can be interpreted in different ways depending on who is looking at it, and it has a wondrous appeal. There is a contrast between the two hands that one hand features humans and garbage, while the other has the natural environment with insects, plants, and fish. The work expresses a message on how different these two groups are, despite the fact that they are all living things, and also a story that how animals in nature are working hard to cleanse the earth polluted by humans.

My painting depicts the shade from the trees, the shade from the buildings, referring to our world that grows and develops with nature still in tandem. People and animals sleep peacefully because they are happy, people have compassion to animals, love animals, love nature and live together without fear.

This work exactly depicts the concept of living in harmony with nature. The people and animals are lying down on the greenery with gentle expressions, and they all look truly comfortable. It expresses the message “coexisting with nature is a very happy thing” very well, and it makes our heart warm just looking at the work. It is finely depicted from the painter’s eye how important it is for humans and animals to be in the same place and share enjoyment together, as well how wonderful it is to spend time together.

I like to make friends. You can be friends with boys or girls. And you can make friends with animals. I dream of making friends with a bear. It is not for nothing that animals are called our smaller brothers. Our friendship will be permanent and strong.

This work depicts a simple and direct message about being friends with nature. It is interesting that a human is cuddling close to a bear. We generally tend to draw more gentle animals, but it is extremely unique to see a human smiling and standing close to a bear that looks stronger than humans, and also the bear standing close to the human friendly. The background features an effective use of blue lines alongside subdued colors, and the sunlight is also drawn in orange, red and pink carefully. This work is highly vivid and expressive with an attractive and unique atmosphere.

The Earth does not just belong to people. This planet is also home to other animals, plants, fish and insects. In this picture, many different living things are supporting the shining Earth in harmony together. Environmental destruction is an issue in the present day, so I expressed my feelings in this picture that people need to think seriously about coexisting with many different living things.

The soft, light brush strokes and the delicate colors are extremely beautiful. The center of the painting resembles the earth, the sun, or perhaps a flower. Inside this, we can find many different colors and objects from nature like humans, animals and plants. At the same time, it is totally harmonized. The work expresses dreams and hopes for how things should be, and it simply depicts a bright future. This work seems to fit a phrase “return to nature.”

The betrayal is upon ourselves, human beings, yet we feel displaced and threatened when we are the ones encroaching into the habitats of the other living things such as animals and displacing them. Our human activities have threatened many into potential extinction or already into extinction. Who is displacing who?

This work has a highly unique idea with animals inside the building and humans outside. This is an inversion of the regular relationship between humans and animals. Perhaps the humans may be displaced from their houses by the animals. They have an indescribable expression of a desire to return home. This is in fact what we humans are doing to animals, and the work ironically depicts the feelings of animals chased out of their homes. This work can serve as a starting point for thinking about the obvious, but highly important thing that the earth is not just for human beings.

Despite being a block print with a monochromatic and extremely simple presentation, it spontaneously drew our attention. The painter draws themself on this work, with a tree in the garden and house with windows. The work simply shows that the painter really enjoys such ordinary daily life. It conveys a desire to live closely and in harmony with nature.