14 June 2007 | The Royal Gazette

A St. David's Primary student shared his love of art with the Premier and his wife at the Cabinet office last week.

Nine-year old Darae Smith created a sculpture so good that Dr. Brown and his wife Wanda wanted to buy it. He gave it to them as a gift and in return will get to shadow a chef for a day.

His art teacher, Michael Bean, says the story began when he taught his class a unit on sculpture. "At the conclusion of the unit of study, the students are required to respond to the study with a project. The students were required to create a bas relief sculpture using paper. After the designs were created in paper, I laminated them for presentation purposes and mounted them on cardboard."

He said Darae's project was so successful that he sent it in to 'Spring into the Arts,' an art show held in April for primary school students. Mr. Bean says Dr. Brown and his wife attended the exhibit and saw Darae's art.

"When we saw Durae's art we were drawn right to it," Mrs. Brown said. "I was told by the Premier's wife that both she and the Premier saw the picture at the same time and walked over to it. They were both impressed by the work and did some investigating to find out who the student was that did the picture. I then received a phone call from a contact person who relayed the story to me." MORE! »