Odel Ivanova

Darling Range Sports College

Year 10

Digital photograph on Inkjet Paper

25cm × 25cm

From a very young age, I have found happiness in art, and I love bringing joy to others through my work. I discovered that every aspect of a photograph can be controlled, such as the way light envelops an object and gives it form.

My piece, Gardens Beyond Goodbyes, explores how life and death are not enemies but exist alongside one another. Complementary colours contrast while also enhancing each other. A flower can grow again after loss, while its fallen petals enrich the soil and help support new life. In many cultures, goodbye is understood not as an ending, but as part of an ongoing cycle.