The Star: September 19, 2019
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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong> continues showcasing the city’s successful young people.<br />
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A budding oil painter in our midst<br />
• By Claire Booker<br />
LEONARDO da Vinci, Pablo<br />
Picasso and Vincent Van Gogh<br />
are considered to be some of the<br />
best oil painters in the world.<br />
Now Georgina Jolly, 18, is<br />
making her mark in Canterbury.<br />
Rangi Ruru Girls’<br />
School year 13 student<br />
Georgina Jolly took out<br />
the Canterbury high<br />
school art competition’s<br />
top prize with an oil<br />
painting of her mother<br />
and aunt.<br />
She beat students from<br />
14 schools across the<br />
region to win the competition<br />
and received $850<br />
worth of prizes.<br />
This was the third year the<br />
event has been held, and Windsor<br />
Gallery owner Tracey Wynands<br />
was impressed with the entries.<br />
“<strong>The</strong> skill level of entries is of a<br />
very high calibre and it really is<br />
a pleasure to see the techniques<br />
and subject content of each entry,”<br />
she said.<br />
“<strong>The</strong> event has been designed<br />
to give year 13 students in<br />
Canterbury the opportunity to<br />
exhibit their works in a professional<br />
gallery.”<br />
“(<strong>The</strong> competition gives)<br />
students exposure to the art<br />
world, encouragement to explore<br />
and extend their creativity and<br />
Georgina Jolly<br />
develop new skills as upcoming<br />
New Zealand artists,” said Mrs<br />
Wynands.<br />
Students were selected by their<br />
art teachers to take part.<br />
<strong>The</strong> competition was judged by<br />
Christchurch Art Gallery director<br />
Blair Jackson and Canterbury<br />
University head of fine<br />
arts Aaron Kreisler.<br />
Each finalist was given<br />
a $50 framing voucher<br />
to use towards the cost<br />
of having an art piece<br />
of their choosing<br />
framed.<br />
Rangi Ruru head of<br />
visual arts Kate Rivers<br />
said Georgina is a wonderful<br />
colourist who has<br />
a love of expressive style.<br />
“Georgina’s work shows a gestural<br />
approach with her oil paint<br />
applied confidently through the<br />
use of expressive mark and rich<br />
colour,” she said.<br />
Mrs Wynands said she hopes<br />
the competition will continue to<br />
grow and reach more students in<br />
the years to come.<br />
“It is such a thrill to see the<br />
students excited about their<br />
work, their parents proud to<br />
see their son or daughter’s work<br />
in a gallery and the teachers’<br />
enthusiasm and support of their<br />
students,” she said.<br />
<strong>The</strong> art will be available to view<br />
until tomorrow.<br />
YOUNG, SUCCESSFUL<br />
& on the move<br />
SKILL: Georgina Jolly’s painting of her mum and aunt won first place in the Windsor<br />
Gallery Canterbury secondary schools art competition.<br />
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