Aisling Children's Festival 2019
"The theme for this year’s festival was 'My Place In The World'. With this title in mind, I began brainstorming and was certainly inspired by the raising awareness of climate change and the call for action by children and teenagers across the world of late. It’s inspiring! We are all connected to our surroundings and are privileged to be allowed live on such an amazing place.
In this image I wanted the children to be playing and interacting among the branches of a tree that has seen many generations before them. A child feeds a squirrel, a pair paint and talk (new friendships) at the roots, a boy reads in a nest-like seat, a girl with wavy long hair is dreaming of her future as she swings and another young girl is building a tree house above all their heads, a link to the creativity and projects that occur thanks to the Aisling Children’s Art Festival. In the house you may spot a theatre mask hanging on the wall. The tree and children sit on the earth and if you look closely you can see Ireland peeking out between the letters."
Close ups:
The original drawing:
