The ‘Crab Fest Artwork’ was made by Emma Blyth  in year 2015. “Mandurah artist Emma Blyth has grown up in the Peel region and has been inspired by it’s natural environment and lifestyle.The main features in this years artwork is Mandurah’s blue manna crab and our Old Mandurah Bridge.” This artwork is made from Bird’s eye view, the colors are a mixture of cool and warm colors to showcase the environment. She has various animals in this picture such as: a seagull, crabs, fish, and dolphins. I love how she painted the crabs blue in the water, along with the color of the river. I also like the way her bridge is at the top of the paper going to the right. All in all, her color scheme is very pretty and very detailed.

In this crab fest artwork, the color yellow-orange and red is mostly used at the top of the artwork to visualize the atmosphere and the color the sun is giving off. The river consist of different colors of blue that travels down the page. For instance, it’s a darker-blue at the top of the river and gets lighter toward the end. All the sailboats have a triangular shape to them. You can tell that she mixed most of her colors with either black or white in certain places.  Throughout her painting she has streaks of blue and black in the air and in other various places. Her painting comes together in many ways which makes it a good piece of art.

Emma Blyth wanted to show how the enviroment was animal friendly and how the river is a big deal in Mandurah. She paints sailboats, houses and people sitting at tables by the river. She drew crabs to display the Crab Fest. Based on the painting, the sunrays give off the sense that it is sunny and warm in Mandurah. She paints dolphins in the water to show that  the water is full of different sea animals. She painted a lot in this painting, but just enough to get her point across. 

The crab fest artwork in my opinion shows a lot of craftsmanship and technique. Her painting was very clear and nice. The work was successfully interrelated in my opinion. It illicits the idea that the Mandurah is a very big environmental piece in that area. I  am indeed moved by this work, which is why I picked it!