Waiting rooms on platforms one and four features works from years eight to eleven, dazzling visitors with an array of skill and creativity.
Among the contributors, Mairead Murphy conveys the world from an autistic person’s perspective in a riveting painting of a girl struggling through water.
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Chloe Hobbs and Angela Ceniza, in Year 10, have presented intimate compositions, where personal treasures like football medals and memory-laden toys fill painted jars on the display. Year 11 students Abigail Du-Plooy and Jasmine Deacon showcase impressionist-inspired landscapes, and a vibrant portrait of David Bowie, respectively.
Year Nine’s Tanya Nguyen explores self-portraiture, finding it peculiar to see her face exhibited on the station walls. Visitors may also find a pop art-inspired lino print by Finley Barry, who dreams of a graphic artistry career.
Year Eight participant, Ivona Dimova, impressed with a depiction of a person traversing a building.
Station manager Jenny Keen praised the valuable contribution of the Arts Society Basingstoke, which supports the initiative, for enhancing passengers’ journeys.
Aspiring participants may reach out to: info@theartssocietybasingstoke.org.