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The Art Collection

Brighter Than Words as an art collection strives to communicate this truth through acrylic pour art, some made even wordlessly by the child artists. The art pieces were sold at the Tenfold Blessings Gala Dinner to raise funds for our programmes,

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We invite you to peruse the art pieces, read about them and also learn more about the artists who were involved! 

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Becoming

755mm x 605mm​

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Louis (5YO)

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Little Olive Tree Yishun​

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“Becoming” is apt for this artwork because it expresses the process Louis became more experimental and explorative with acrylic pour.

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Blue Reverie

755mm x 605mm​

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Criston (4YO)

 

Little Olive Tree Hougang

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This is one of the first few acrylic pour art that Criston did and if you took a closer look, you probably can tell that he was experimenting quite a bit with different ways to manipulate paint.

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Edge of the Horizon

1010mm x 500mm​

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Criston (4YO)

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Little Olive Tree Hougang

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Do you think this looks like an abstract-ish Chinese oil painting? We think so! Was this intended? Totally not.

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Read more to find out how this art work came into being. We promise it will be worth reading!

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Forest Magic

910mm x 610mm​

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Aiden (3YO) and Zachary (6YO)

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Little Olive Tree Pasir Ris 51 and Tampines

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When two children who can barely speak come together to co-create an artwork, one might think that it is doomed to fail...or will it? 

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Read more to find out how the art making process turned out!

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Ocean’s Embrace

1000mm diameter​

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Alroy (6YO), Austyn (7YO), Stephen (5YO) and Zayyan (6YO)

Little Olive Tree Jurong, Holland Village, Ghim Moh and Bukit Batok

Unlike other art mediums where we have more control, the nature of tilting paint on a canvas 1m in diameter creates waves and swirls that we do not expect. Read more to find out how Ocean' Embrace came into bring!

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Ribena’s Skies

1010mm x 500mm

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Alroy (6YO), Austyn (7YO), Stephen (5YO) and Zayyan (6YO)

Little Olive Tree Jurong, Holland Village, Ghim Moh and Bukit Batok

You will never guess what inspired this artwork. Well, actually maybe you can from the title!

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But why is a food item, specifically, Ribena, used as an inspiration? Read more to find out!

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Unsilenced Echoes

755mm x 605mm​

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Alfie (6YO) and Louis (5YO)

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Little Olive Tree Yishun

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This work of abstraction is co-created by two different children, one of whom does not speak but does like to explore with his hands.

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Read more to learn how art gives children opportunities to express what words cannot.

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Bloom, Garden, Bloom!

1000mm diameter​

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Alroy (6YO), Austyn (7YO), Stephen (5YO)

and Zayyan (6YO)

Little Olive Tree Jurong, Holland Village, Ghim Moh and Bukit Batok

If looking at Bloom, Garden, Bloom! brings feelings of joy and exuberance, where one imagines vibrant flowers bursting into a green landscape after months of cold from the preceding season, you are not far from guessing what the children’s inspiration was.

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Car Light Car Bright

755mm x 605mm

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Louis (5YO)

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Little Olive Tree Yishun

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Do you know what inspired this artwork? Vehicles moving.

 

That’s right. Can you see it? 

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Click "Read More" below to "see it". 

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Flowers

755mm x 605mm​

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Louis (5YO)

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Little Olive Tree Yishun

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At one point of creating the artwork, Louis went "Oh no! My artwork is destroyed!" Read on to find out why he remarked that and to discover if indeed, this artwork was truly destroyed. 

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I’m Lovin’ It

910mm x 610mm​

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Alroy (6YO), Austyn (7YO), Stephen (5YO) and Zayyan (6YO)

Little Olive Tree Jurong, Holland Village, Ghim Moh and Bukit Batok

You may be wondering why McDonald’s longest running slogan is the title of this artwork. Shouldn’t it be “Flames of Life” or something? 

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Read on to learn about the fascinating inspiration behind this art work.

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Petals in the Sky

910mm x 610mm​

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Criston (4YO)

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Little Olive Tree Hougang

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In the sea of white, Criston was chasing colours. 

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Read more to find out how this young artist created art with paint, balloons, kitchen towels, and of course, a little help from his teachers.

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Spectrum of Wonder

1010mm x 500mm​

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Jayden (4Y0)

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Little Olive Tree Tampines

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Do you know that there was an arms workout involved in the creation of this rainbow? Read more to learn about how Jayden created this Spectrum of Wonder with some arm muscles and some help from his teacher and principal!

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Whispers of Water

1000mm Diameter​

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Joel (5YO)

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Little Olive Tree Tampines

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Choosing only to work with blue hues, Joel chose to pour almost all the blues that we had into the middle of the 1m wide canvas. 

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What else did he add? How did he create the swirls? Read more to find out!

If you're interested, here are more stories you can read about our beliefs in who children are and why they matter to us:

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