{"id":20920,"date":"2026-05-25T17:14:44","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T07:14:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/ssc\/?post_type=article&#038;p=20920"},"modified":"2026-05-25T17:15:05","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T07:15:05","slug":"burning-bright-country","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/ssc\/article\/burning-bright-country\/","title":{"rendered":"Burning Bright Country"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Ava Anderson\u2019s beautiful artwork \u2018Burning Bright Country\u2019 has made it to the finals of the 9-13 age section of the prestigious Doyles Art Award on the Gold Coast. Ava enjoys creating figurative landscape artworks inspired by the Australian environment. She used bold colours and expressive lines to explore ideas of heat, stillness and connection to place in this piece.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2018The red tones represent the intensity of the land, while the blue sky creates a sense of calm\u2019, Ava says. \u2018The repeated tree forms and textures help show the rhythm and movement of fire. I wanted to express how a landscape can feel emotional, not just physical.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can view the exhibition, including the original of Ava\u2019s work, at Mudgeeraba Community Centre from 19-28 June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/72\/2026\/05\/AA-Original-Burning-Bright-Country-April-2026-copy.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"739\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/72\/2026\/05\/AA-Original-Burning-Bright-Country-April-2026-copy-739x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20921\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/72\/2026\/05\/AA-Original-Burning-Bright-Country-April-2026-copy-739x1024.jpeg 739w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/72\/2026\/05\/AA-Original-Burning-Bright-Country-April-2026-copy-216x300.jpeg 216w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/72\/2026\/05\/AA-Original-Burning-Bright-Country-April-2026-copy-768x1064.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/72\/2026\/05\/AA-Original-Burning-Bright-Country-April-2026-copy-108x150.jpeg 108w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/72\/2026\/05\/AA-Original-Burning-Bright-Country-April-2026-copy.jpeg 827w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 739px) 100vw, 739px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ava Anderson\u2019s beautiful artwork \u2018Burning Bright Country\u2019 has made it to the finals of the 9-13 age section of the prestigious Doyles Art Award on the Gold Coast. Ava enjoys creating figurative landscape artworks inspired by the Australian environment. She used bold colours and expressive lines to explore ideas of heat, stillness and connection to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":20921,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","article_category":[4],"article_tag":[],"class_list":["post-20920","article","type-article","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","article_category-secondary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/ssc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/20920","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/ssc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/ssc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/ssc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20920"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/ssc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/ssc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"article_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/ssc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_category?post=20920"},{"taxonomy":"article_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/ssc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_tag?post=20920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}