Jaya Dean

Applecross Senior High School

Year 9

Acrylic paint on board

35 cm (diameter) x 5 cm

When I designed this piece, I didn’t intentionally think about the images based on colour or content – I was attracted instead to how shapes created form. Influenced by surrealism, my design evolved into a unique expression, evoking a narrative about the process of natural organisms becoming man. I intentionally placed selected shapes to create a seamless flow. By using the concept of ‘automaticism’ I developed the story from random disconnected components.