Spike 19
MIKAYLA BEATY, 2022
Soccer Ball, Spray paint, soda cans, fishing line.
52 x 52 x 52 cm.
About the artwork…
Life – it brings about unexpected beginnings and ends, for ours at the moment, it was and in some cases still is the rise of the Covid-19 virus. Coronavirus was not a scare, till one morning we woke up to lives fading away, our communities ailing and stereotypes being generated. It has brought about a lot of world-wide pain and the questions of how, who, where, when and why? And an answer for those questions, in short, is because this virus is a monster. Everyone affected by this virus has a different story, and my story is my own.
About the artist…
Mikayla Beaty is a 15 year old Year 10 student attending North-West Christian School located in the coastal Tasmanian town of Penguin. Mikayla based her art piece on the fact that she grew up surrounded by the outdoors of the Mount Roland range, loving the freedom of fresh air, until unfair circumstances confiscated that freedom – the Covid -19 lockdowns. Mikayla’s family has been dealing with the ‘consequences’ of the free choices that her mother, who is a small town GP. Mikayla’s experiences throughout this pandemic and childhood memories shape this artwork.
MIKAYLA BEATY, 2022
Soccer Ball, Spray paint, soda cans, fishing line.
52 x 52 x 52 cm.
About the artwork…
Life – it brings about unexpected beginnings and ends, for ours at the moment, it was and in some cases still is the rise of the Covid-19 virus. Coronavirus was not a scare, till one morning we woke up to lives fading away, our communities ailing and stereotypes being generated. It has brought about a lot of world-wide pain and the questions of how, who, where, when and why? And an answer for those questions, in short, is because this virus is a monster. Everyone affected by this virus has a different story, and my story is my own.
About the artist…
Mikayla Beaty is a 15 year old Year 10 student attending North-West Christian School located in the coastal Tasmanian town of Penguin. Mikayla based her art piece on the fact that she grew up surrounded by the outdoors of the Mount Roland range, loving the freedom of fresh air, until unfair circumstances confiscated that freedom – the Covid -19 lockdowns. Mikayla’s family has been dealing with the ‘consequences’ of the free choices that her mother, who is a small town GP. Mikayla’s experiences throughout this pandemic and childhood memories shape this artwork.
MIKAYLA BEATY, 2022
Soccer Ball, Spray paint, soda cans, fishing line.
52 x 52 x 52 cm.
About the artwork…
Life – it brings about unexpected beginnings and ends, for ours at the moment, it was and in some cases still is the rise of the Covid-19 virus. Coronavirus was not a scare, till one morning we woke up to lives fading away, our communities ailing and stereotypes being generated. It has brought about a lot of world-wide pain and the questions of how, who, where, when and why? And an answer for those questions, in short, is because this virus is a monster. Everyone affected by this virus has a different story, and my story is my own.
About the artist…
Mikayla Beaty is a 15 year old Year 10 student attending North-West Christian School located in the coastal Tasmanian town of Penguin. Mikayla based her art piece on the fact that she grew up surrounded by the outdoors of the Mount Roland range, loving the freedom of fresh air, until unfair circumstances confiscated that freedom – the Covid -19 lockdowns. Mikayla’s family has been dealing with the ‘consequences’ of the free choices that her mother, who is a small town GP. Mikayla’s experiences throughout this pandemic and childhood memories shape this artwork.
Sculpture to be collected post-exhibition on November 6 2022 from the Thistle Inn Stable Gallery, Church street, Ross.