Erin Nelson / JD Hardie Youth & Community Centre

Erin Nelson / JD Hardie Youth & Community Centre

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Erin Nelson / JD Hardie Youth & Community Centre
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Erin Nelson is an emerging artist originally from Aotearoa, New Zealand, who explores her world through acrylic paints, pen illustration, and occasionally photography. She has a passion for capturing the essence of faces, bodies, birds, and places, blending eye-catching cartoon-like colour blocking with emotive line work. Erin’s art draws inspiration from the mundane and messy, creating pieces that bridge the gap between her internal human experience and the external environment.

Though new to the art scene, Erin’s work reflects a growing talent and an exciting journey in the world of visual creativity. She is eager to make meaningful connections in Hedland and continue to deepen her understanding of this place.

Artwork Description: 

The JD Hardie Youth and Community in South Hedland, Western Australia is a community facility that has been redeveloped in stages since 2019. First constructed in 1970, it is the main youth and community center in the Town of Port Hedland.
The first stage of redevelopment was completed in 2021 turning it into the brightly painted and curiously shaped building depicted in my work.
It’s been really hard to source historical information on the JD Hardie but it is thought to be named after Hardie House which was established around 1964 in South Hedland. It was a hostel to accommodate children attending the Port Hedland High School that opened around that time. Hardie House was operating in the 1980s, by which time it was managed by Goldsworthy Mining, but it is uncertain when it closed.
Outside of the historical attributes, the building's value really stems from the powerhouse of community it provides the young people, families, sports clubs and even it’s employees. Community work facilitated (while sometimes thankless and not easily unquantifiable through commercial metrics) is felt through every aspect of life in Hedland when present and even more so when it is taken away or reduced.

Medium: Pen and acrylic paint on paper

Size: 29cm x 41cm

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