'jesus, the gift that shines' 
charlotte liplyn
st joseph's catholic primary school, bulli
year 6

My artwork is titled ‘Jesus, the Gift that Shines.’ It reflects the scripture passage ‘The visit of the Magi’, Matthew 2:9-12. I chose this passage because of the importance of the star and how special it was for the Magi, like it is to my artwork. 

The mediums I used were acrylic paint, oil pastels and chalk pastels. I created texture with acrylic paint to make a more 3D and lifelike effect. I lightly blended the oil pastels underneath the star to show Jesus’ light shining for all. I made the background look like the northern lights by blending chalk pastels to look like the sky when Jesus was born. 

Jesus remains faceless because, to me, he is the face of the world and the face of everyone in it. I too was a special gift to my parents when I was born and I became a special part of their lives, like Jesus is a special part of all our lives.

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