Year 6 Everest

Raewyn Harris

Present day

Raewyn Harris was born in Waipukurau in Hawke's Bay, New Zealand. As a teacher, she enjoyed teaching art to children at all levels, always encouraging them to express themselves in ways which reflect their cultural identity and love of their environment.

She is currently exploring the use of watercolours, pastels and charcoal, and her inspiration is taken from the landscape and the people who live in and love New Zealand. The colours and patterns of nature provide a rich source of ideas for her artwork.

We sent Raewyn Harris some photographs of Everest class' work. She said, "Thank you so much for sharing the children’s beautiful artworks and the display looks amazing. Congratulations to the class involved. I so love to see children’s art.
To be one of your Artists Appreciation Week chosen artists has been awesome."

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Year 6 Eiger

Kehinde Wiley

1977 - present day

Kehinde Wiley website

Kehinde Wiley is an American portrait painter based in New York City, who is known for his highly naturalistic paintings of black people. He was commissioned in 2017 to paint a portrait of President Barack Obama for the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, which has portraits of all the US presidents.

His portraits are often based on photographs of young men whom Wiley sees on the street. He has painted men from Harlem's 125th Street, as well as the South Central Los Angeles neighbourhood where he was born. Dressed in street clothes, his models were asked to assume poses from the paintings of Renaissance masters.

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Year 6 Snowdon

Spaik

Present Day Street Artist

Spaik website

Spaik is a Mexican street artist who creates colourfull works mainly in Mexico but also in other countries of South America. Spaik uses traditional local themes in most of his paintings as well as mythical references from native tales.

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Year 6 Fuji

Katsushika Hokusai

1760 - 1849

Everything you need to know about Katsushika Hokusai

Katsushika Hokusai was a Japanese artist, ukiyo-e painter and printmaker of the Edo period. Born in Edo (now Tokyo), Hokusai is best known as author of the woodblock print series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji, which includes the internationally iconic print, The Great Wave off Kanagawa.