On Wednesday the 3rd of March, Room Seven had an expert artist come to visit. His name was Chris Flavell and he is a professional painter.
We learnt that he uses symbols, such as the Koru to represent his Identity in his paintings. All of his paintings tell a story. He told us about; the Koru coming from the fern, he uses friends and family as his inspiration, he has been a painter for 3 years, we all have a journey and we can express this in art, he cuts his art work into wood, he uses maori patterns as it is part of his culture and that he really enjoys being a artist.
We have taken this new knowledge and created some Koru patterns that represent our own identities.
Here are some pictures of Chirs and his art work.
