Wild at Art finalist

Congratulations to Ava Anderson in Year 4 who has been selected as a finalist within the “Wild At Art” art competition run by the Australian Conservation Foundation. There were 4600 entries and 100 finalists!  Ava’s artwork is titled Blue Breasted Fairy Wren and her artist’s statement is below:

‘I decided to research and paint Australia’s Blue Breasted Fairy Wren because it is such a pretty bird. Blue is my favourite colour, and I love bluebirds.

‘The Blue Breasted Fairy Wren mainly lives in southern Western Australia where wheat is farmed. Even before I was born in 2012, it was predicted to be a threatened bird species, since the land where they live was logged for wheat farming. Sadly, they are now a threatened bird species. Farmers did not listen to stop wheat farming in the area.

‘Even though wheat is important, the Blue Breasted Wren is just as precious. I think getting the balance right between farming and Blue Breasted Fairy Wrens numbers is essential to stop our whole ecosystem from falling apart. Otherwise our beautiful Blue Breasted Fairy Wren may not exist anymore, which makes me very sad.’

Caddie Ruster
Gifted Education Coordinator P-4/Year 4 Teacher