Henley-on-Thames

Rose was one of the five winners of The Arts Society Henley (TASH) 2026 Year 12 & 13 year art competition.

She explains, "My family is very important to me and I wanted to show this through my artwork. I chose to present the bond between my Mum and Nan through woven paper to convey the power of their mother-daughter relationship. I found this provided a depiction of their connection, as much of their faces overlapped and became interconnected. This shows how elements of each of their personalities, mannerisms and appearances reveal themselves in each other. Weaving together the two portraits highlights the influence that parents have on their children as the overlapping and interspersing of the two portraits mirrors people’s relationships, especially in mothers and daughters, which I think is extremely beautiful."

Fraser was one of the five winners of The Arts Society Henley (TASH) 2026 Year 12 & 13 year art competition.

He explains, "The work is an amalgamation of photography from 2025 as part of my A Level Photography. The photos included were all taken on various trips I took that year including Calvia in Majorca and New York City on holiday with my family as well as Iceland as part of my A Level Geography field trip.

I created it using Photoshop using the cut out tool. It took a lot of hours to create because of the sheer volume of images that I was using for the final piece. I had to select each one from hundreds of digital photos that I had taken and then select which part of each photo I was going to use bearing in mind they all had to work together. My plan was to create one final image that used many original images which would flow together cohesively. "

Harvey was one of the five winners of The Arts Society Henley (TASH) 2026 Year 12 & 13 year art competition.

He explains, "The idea for the media for this piece initially came about when my A level art teacher, Mrs Thornton of Piggott School, made me experiment with charcoal as a media, despite my dislike for it. As I was producing pieces she then insisted on me experimenting with some of the soft pastels found in the store cupboard. Here I really found a liking for this media.

The pastels allow for a messy but crisp finish with a wide range of ways to apply the media allowing for a build up of layers and shapes. I chose the simple subject of my father and took portrait snapshots of his day to day life. The piece shows the few boring parts of his day, leaving room for the viewer to decide the subject's true emotions for themselves."

Phoebe was one of the five winners of The Arts Society Henley (TASH) 2026 Year 12 & 13 year art competition.

She explains, "My work explores the representation of the health implications of the confectionery industry and the ways in which sweets are marketed to consumers. I investigated how sweet manufacturers use bright, vibrant colours to evoke feelings of joy, excitement and nostalgia, encouraging consumers to form positive emotional connections with their products.

Drawing inspiration from Damien Hirst's pharmaceutical works, I have created my own interpretation of a sweet shop by displaying brightly coloured sweets in glass jars alongside clinical pharmacy imagery, including plain white shelving and scientific equipment.

This juxtaposition highlights the contrast between the playful, appealing presentation of confectionery and the hidden realities of its contents, where high levels of sugar, artificial additives and heavily processed ingredients are often overlooked by consumers.

I have further developed this concept using AI, which enabled me to alter the names of selected sweets to reveal the realities of what manufacturers are selling and what consumers are putting into their bodies. Through this work, I aim to encourage viewers to question how branding, colour and nostalgia can disguise the potential long-term health effects of confectionery consumption."

Freya was one of the five winners of The Arts Society Henley (TASH) 2026 Year 12 & 13 year art competition.

She explains, "I created this large sculptural piece mounted on a board, featuring two oversized clay flowers, each with a tiny baby figure nestled right in the centre, once this had fully dried I then used pastel coloured oil paints. The idea behind it is personal it's all about my relationship with my twin sister and how we've grown from the same starting point into two completely separate people with our own identities. I chose flowers because they feel like a really natural way to represent growth and vulnerability, but also how we all kind of bloom in our own time and in our own way.

By placing the babies inside the flowers, I wanted to capture that idea of sharing an origin but slowly branching off into individuals, with our own experiences shaping who we become. It's a piece that means a lot to me, and I wanted it to feel honest and reflective of that unique bond we share.

I study at Shiplake College doing Art and Photography A Levels alongside a BTEC in Sport. I am hoping to study for a Fine Art degree at Loughborough University. "