Tree contest finds its winner
Teela, 12, was named as the winner of the Oshawa Environmental Advisory Committee’s tree contest for her artwork submission.
A young Oshawa resident is the proud winner of the Oshawa Environmental Advisory Committee’s tree contest.
Teela, 12, was one of many students aged 10 through 14 from throughout the region that submitted a piece of art, poetry, multi-media, photo or essay that answered the question, “what does a tree mean to you?”
The winning submission included a painting and a description of her artwork.
“To me, a tree is the center of life,” Teela writes in her winning submission. “In my picture I show a sunrise, meaning that the tree was there supporting life ever since the first sunrise. All the black silhouettes are animals still forming inside a bud on the tree. The coloured ones are animals that had grown in the buds, but once fully grown, the leaves opened up releasing the animals.”
“Teela’s artwork and words beautifully describe the power that trees have to capture our imagination and enrich our lives,” states Councillor Amy England, the committee’s council representative, in a news release. “Trees provide oxygen for us to breathe, protect us from the summer’s sun and winter’s storms, and give us a safe sanctuary.”