Winner,  Drawing from Nature

ArchiGraphicsArts Competition of Architectural Drawings, Moscow, 2017

I felt it was very important to show the detail, because much of Maria’s philosophy “waste not, want not” is in those details.  Maria has worked hard all her life since she arrived here at 14 years of age from a war torn Italy where she and her family often did not have enough to eat. Through her hard work and thrift, her garden has supplied her family with food.  Nothing is ever wasted. The structural materials that make up her climbing frames, sheds and tools have been recycled from elsewhere. Plants come from cuttings and seeds she has saved. Water is collected from the roof, directed into rubbish bins and ladled out with a saucepan tied to a broomstick.

Charcoal, pastel on Arches paper, 45 x 72cm