VbE Art Competition

Pier's artwork communicates a message about education, moral grounding, and inner richness, especially in childhood. At the centre is a child’s face, rendered in a stark black-and-white style. The face is split tonally: one side lighter, the other darker, emphasising contrast—between life with values and life without values, awareness and ignorance. The child’s expression is calm but serious, inviting reflection rather than emotion.

These colours stand out sharply against the dark background, Each colored strip appears to contain words —values such as empathy, honesty, respect, generosity, and similar human principles—suggesting thoughts, beliefs, or moral foundations. The colors feel alive showing the idea of growing or emerging, bringing light of values into darkness. It suggests that values are what give depth, diversity, and color to human thought and life.