Colourful art produced after a great team effort by Wilsic students has taken pride of place in a regional show.

Over twenty students collaborated to produce three large, multi-layered collages from a variety of different materials and paints - and two of the pieces were accepted in the Doncaster Open Art show.

Wilsic senior teacher and artist John Wardle said it was a great achievement for the students, whose work will now hang in the Doncaster Art Gallery and Museum until January 2005.

“It’s a great breakthrough to have our students’ work publicly displayed,” said John.

He explained that the students had been involved in a project based on the environment, and gradually built up the collages with layers of old paint and organic materials like leaves. Each week different groups would add to the large board, until a colourful and textured painting materialised.

“It became multi-layered and gradually a nice ‘Jackson Pollock-ish’ colour picture emerged,” said John.

Students Karly Madison and Christopher Chapman
with the paintings at the Open Art Show