Trinidad High
School Student Artwork Selected For Olympics
Matura High Shool,
Trinidad, schoolgirl Carus Palmer has earned a place at the 2008
Beijing Olympics with a sketch depicting a gold torch held by
several hands with various religious symbols at the top.
The sketch, which
was done in coloured pencils, depicts a gold torch being held by
several hands with various religious symbols at the top of the
torch that include the Muslim, Hindu, Christian, Buddhist and
Jewish faiths.
Palmer, a pupil of
Matura High School, will have her artwork displayed at the
Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, together with 24 other art
pieces chosen from around the world.
When the 17-year-old
art student entered the Olympic art competition, which was open
to young artists from across the region and around the world,
she never thought her sketch would be chosen to be displayed at
the Olympic museum in Beijing. She was therefore surprised when
she found out her entry had placed first in the Caribbean.
setting sun—
a crayon scrawled sky
as day progresses
