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I have been inspired by the different buildings in Manchester from The Town Hall and Manchester Cathedrals to overlooked, abandoned and derelict industrial sites. I am intrigued by the shapes from different buildings, such as the extravagant arched doors, the intricate detailed stained glass windows and the overlapping silhouettes, skylines and interrupted panorama of the city. These fragments of the city and its architecture have been synthesised onto MDF board and architectural shaped laser cut wood and displayed on a 4ft shelf at different levels to interpret my experience of encountering the city; disorientation, decline, unpredictability, chaos. I question the shapes and forms within both architecture and Manchester, resulting in a playful element to my works.

I am interested in exploring Manchester and the different incidents that happen every day, from road works to buildings becoming derelict, focusing on shapes, signs and vistas that symbolise the unpredictability of the environment surrounding us. The different shapes found, such as, the elaborate archways and the triangular roof tops have been fused onto wood and displayed on a pew at different levels to represent my experience of encountering of the city.

Whatever life plants you bloom with grace
It is an oil painting on canvas, with poppies made with polymer clay and finished with epoxy resin

It is an oil painting on canvas framed board, fish is made from polymer clay to give a 3d effect and finished with epoxy resin.
Let’s swim with the flow, toward the light, out of the storm in a synchronised manner.

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A variety of brushstroke techniques were used to capture the texture of the feathers. Some of the techniques used are seen in impressionist paintings.

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This piece was created by using a technique known as dutch pouring. The random result was achieved by blowing the paint on the canvas with a hair dryer to achieve the desired composition. The results from using this technique are different every time and provide energetic and colourful arrangements.

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This piece was done using a variety of black fine line and brush pens. It uses a range of different line and cross-hatching techniques to capture the form of the bluebell.

This was painted with reference to Pop-Art and to practise my abstract style. I paint in this style with no idea of what the completed image will look like, it’s always a nice surprise(I hope). Painting in the Abstract style is my favourite way to paint and using new techniques is always a great challenge for me.

acrylic sheleeart bloom style swipe using acrylic heavy body paints and pigments, swiped with a cell activator then spun on a cake spinner to stretch out for composition.

Finished in 2021.it is a Frida Kahlo inspired piece,I think the piece is very avante garde as was Frida and it also shows her as a strong independent no nonsense woman,she had her fair share of bad luck through her life but struggled through and through those bad times she learnt she could paint,she didn’t let any of her mishaps or illnesses hold her back,she went on to achieve greatness.The flower crown,background and jade necklace are all symbols of Fridas beloved Mexico,the weapon signifies just because I’m a woman doesn’t mean I can’t use a gun so don’t mess with me.

Completed in 2020. This picture to me signifies the utter despair we are putting Mother Natures baby(planet earth)through,what with air pollution,the pollution in our oceans,drought etcetc,I think mother nature has been through times like this many times before during our planets history,she has no tears left to cry and is thinking ‘oh well,just let them destroy themselves’,maybe this corona virus is just the beginning.

Lady with child

Completed in 2020. I wanted to paint a portrait of a pregnant lady for this one,I love the renaissance period so painted her in that style,I think she shows the immense love she has for her unborn child,she has a contented happy face and lays a protective but gentle hand over her stomach while her cross also lays over it as if to keep the child safe through God’s love.

This is my original oil painting on wood of a hummingbird with flowers.

This is my original drawing of a hummingbird using coloured pencils.

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This piece is the first commissioned painting that I got during the first lockdown, when I define my style. It has a special place due was the first commission during a pandemic and in moments like this one, someone believe in me and my art. I break the harmony of portraits, building a puzzle of ourselves and doing a new reality. A new version of ourselves. I fill up this with movement, colour, energy and joy. A new version of ourselves. I mix abstract and some street art.

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This is a meditative painting of letting yourself go of all the materialistic things in this world and just fall on earth where you are flying with no worries or tension. This painting is a combination of acrylic , madhubani and mandala art and expresses the freedom in this universe

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This painting is of Ganesha made during Ganesh chaturthi festival. Ganesha is a god in Hindu religion who is considered as the god of good beginnings and Ganesh chaturthi is a festival celebrated as birthday of Lord Ganesha. This festival is celebrated for 10 days during which Lord Ganesha is installed in the house, worshipped for 10 days and then finally immersed in water or put in soil on last day.

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This is the painting of Nataraja drawn in Mandala style creating a beautiful dance energy in and around wherever it will be placed

The start of the Covid 19 pandemic saw the worlds animal kingdom tasting freedom and wandering safely through mans world for the first 3 months whilst populations were told to stay home. My painting depicts wild animal’s shielded from mankind harm during this period in history. I hope my painting evokes deep thought and a new respect for the species we share earth with as animals have proven stronger than man in surviving Covid 19.

A study of Polzeath in Cornwall, UK and its infamous wave breaks – this piece focuses on the powerful lines that roll in, crashing against the rocks round at Death Bay. I have created the high build texture in this using sand and sea salt – not only are these perfect for natural depth, they also link back to my subject matter in a perfect syncronisity.

This artwork features Lord Krishna and Radha in all its abstractness, inspired from Indian Artisans. The painting manifests the divine love of Radha-Krishna across the 4 canvases and I love the way its turned out.

This painting is to celebrate my love for London and show the romantic vibes it holds regardless of its mostly grey weather.

I created this painting as an ode to my passion for dance. I am a trained classical dancer and love to take every opportunity to practice and this painting just reminds to spare more time for things that I truly love to do.

This is a drawing of a soldier from the Wiltshire Regiment.

Kerala Mural is a very ancient Indian art form found in the temples and churches of Kerala. Radha Krishna, the most adored couple for the epitome of selfless love in Gods are very close to my heart and hence painted this picture. Each line which I painted, I felt the love of Radha Krishna and it was as if I am living with them. May you all enjoy this picture as much as I enjoyed painting it. Joy to you, Asmita

Tree of Life has an intricate network of branches that symbolizes togetherness and serves as a reminder that we are all connected through deep roots. This beautiful art form is a very intricate art which is done in layers and layers of relief work and then finally painted with oil colours. May we all feel the deep connection within to the higher Self as we physically isolate from each other in these extraordinary time

Tanjore Painting is a classical South Indian Art form developed in the late 16th century in Thanjavur evoking a sense of timelessness with their alluring illustrations of Puranic scenes. Lord Shiva Family has Lord Shiva, his consort Parvati and their children Ganesha and Karthikeya. The most revered family in all Hindu Gods and Godesses. Mushakraj (Mouse), Nandi (Bull) and Mayur (Peacock) are the vehicles of Ganesha, Shiva and Karthikeya. Each of the Gods and Goddess Parvati are even individually worshipped as their preferred God individually as well. We can have highest union with the Divine even while living in a family and doing our duties with unconditional love and detachment is my take for doing this intricate, classy artwork studded with semiprecious stones and gilded with 22 carat gold foil.

May you find the element, which raise your consciousness higher as you set your eyes on this royal art form.

I feel this piece shows the enchantment of the naturalworld with a calming ambiance of depth

This piece gives the beholder a sense of enclosue withinthe woodland whilst giving a view of the sunlit landscape beyound

This piece encapsulates the beauty of both animaland setting

Spiritually inspired positive affirmations emerging from the shadows to the light of the surface. For me I gain a shift in my mindset the more I meditate on this piece. The quotations used are a constant reminder of what is truly important in this life experience. I would hope the viewer to feel the same sense of self healing. One must be kind with the words and thoughts we feed ourselves. The purple hue is a spiritual connection to the higher self as found in the crown chakra. The gold is not only a happy choice but a majestic overall guidance from spirit reflecting light back to the soul. Crystals of amethyst and clear quartz are added last for their healing and protective properties.

Channelled Message for artwork: Be wise of the words you speak to your ‘self’. Make sure they are gentle and kind. Your thoughts are there to fuel your health and keep “I am enough” in mind. – Sophia Dionne. Artwork created using acrylic and mixed media on board. I chose amethyst and clear quartz crystals for their spiritual protection and clearing properties. The gold leaf and glitter are the sparks of light that emerge from the shadows, giving a sense of hope. The words are painted in oil which has been infused with Mind & Soul Repair oil as a medium to set my healing intention.

The inspiration behind this artwork is to rebalance the Chakras. Therefore, starting with the base chakra known by its red hue, to set a strong foundation and doing it with self love. My ‘Abstract Affirmations’ are therapeutic as they have helped me to grow and sustain focus on what is really important in life. The world can often be unbalanced in negative and positive energy. My participation is to help heal, one soul at a time. That can only start with loving and accepting ones self, to then project love to inspire someone else to do the same. Each one, teach one. Artwork created using acrylic and mixed media on board. Rose and clear quartz crystals were used to enhance the energy of love and clarity. The gold leaf and glitter are the sparks of light that emerge from the dark, giving a sense of hope. I painted the words in oil, infusing them with Mind & Body Soul Repair oil as a medium to set my healing intentions.

your growth is art.
a self portrait

olive and nude commission with touches of gold

one of my first ever nudes made with unconventional materials

I was touched to hear in a recent interview that Sir David Attenborough receives nearly 70 letters a day, and tries to personally reply to them, and his only request was that people included a stamp! So i was inspired to draw Sir David as his own stamp, in the hope that one day it will come true. I added the crown to show what a national treasure he is us.

When I showcased this work, I had many people come to me with words of sadness and joy. I heard stories of how my work bought back memories of childhood laughter, and wishing they could revisit those times with lost loved ones.

The artwork is a combination of oil techniques. The contrast of colours underlines the portrait. The big brush strokes take out the feelings and the soul of the artist.

This artwork relates to my feeling of intense excitement during the pandemic period.

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‘Morph’ is the change and transformation of shape and I’m exploring this along with baby blue and hot pink pigments which I think compliment each other beautifully.

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Venice is always one of the mostly painted city by many artists and I am no exception. I have painted so many paintings of Venice and all are excellent. This one is one of my favorites as I could capture the mood, light and shadow and perspective in the way I wanted it to be. This painting also has all the elements that as an artist, I always want to have. Like the buildings, clouds, sky, land, boats and human figures. I hope you love it.

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I love to painting cityscapes as much as I love to paint seascapes and landscaped. It is not so easy to capture the mood within concretes and hence you need some elements like cars, people, light and shadow to create a mood from it. Here I present cityscape painting of New York city where taxis are seen on the street and people walking along the pavements. I have used artist watercolor paints from Sennelier, Winsor&Newton on Arches 300 gsm watercolor paper.

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I made this piece after a walk on Brighton beach near my home in the November lockdown. The day was very overcast but the light had this wonderful pinky haze that made me feel so incredibly optimistic and happy. I wanted to reflect this and the idea that no matter how bad things might look, there is always hope and beauty.

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This piece of art focused on humans seeing the effects of climate change and pollution before it is too late to do anything about it, I decided to complete a piece of art work on this topic as it doesn’t get much coverage in the media such as the news.

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This dog portrait is my own dog, I decided to draw it because she always looks at me with emotion, therefore I thought using only pencils to create tones and texture on her face would be a good way of highlighting the different emotions in her eyes.

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Two frogs having a cuddle, watching the world go by.

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Close to Valentines day , with this picture i wish to everybody to find love, like i did.

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Our world is beautiful even under the sea, amongst problems i wish everybody to find something nice in the sea and share my love towards natures beauty.

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During 2020 I made a series of works based on limited colour combinations, and the use of line and masks. This landscape was created by mono-printing with a disposable face mask to create line, rhythm, and texture. I then used acrylic pens to draw outline shapes, line provided a more controlled and structured representation of waves on beach. I made this work in late summer 2020 after a visit to the inner Hebrides. I used the masks as they are such an integral part of daily life now, I want them be integrated into my work. The lines are a way of me placing a form of artificial control over a landscape, and also a way to draw the viewers eye into the landscape.

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During late 2020/ early 2021 as the lockdown restrictions once again limited interaction and travel, the building works at Stockingfield on the the Forth and Clyde Canal, near where I live, provided a new focus for my work. A new footbridge across the canal will link 3 parts of the city. The works will be ongoing until 2022. Seeing something positive emerging during a period when so much has been halted or cancelled has provided me with hope and optimism for the future. I hope to record all the stages of the the bridge as the work progresses. A section of the tow path had been closed but was opened to the public over the Christmas holidays. This work is based on the sketches, photos and figurative work I have been working on during January 2021.

This work was created using disposable face masks to create line, rhythm, and texture. There are also pieces on masks collaged into the piece. I have used pencil to create some lines and structure to the piece.

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I like to paint on lots of different ‘canvases’ in order to bring art into my every day life, in this instance I chose a plant pot.

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I like to paint onto lots of different surfaces, the skin also being one so I often use face paints in this instance I chose to mix mediums and used them onto card.

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My artwork is an attempt to explore the connection between personal and objective reality, and depict the transition between them.

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My artwork is an attempt to explore the connection between personal and objective reality, and depict the transition between them.

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My artwork is an attempt to explore the connection between personal and objective reality, and depict the transition between them.

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Acrylic Paint / gold leaf

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This piece is one of 11 pieces, from my series “Body’s “using the technique stippling, it shows the difference in body’s and confidence people have. I wanted to look into how self confidence effects how people see themselves. I asked many people to participate in the series and a few came back and said yes and a few said they’d pass, a couple people who participated said to me that this could be an opportunity to boost there self confidence while nobody knowing who they are, except themselves. this really helped my view on my works and how doing this type of work could help the non-stereotypical body types ,like myself, become more confident in themselves.

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This piece took 37.5 hours, using the technique stippling from a photograph I took prior to the project of a friend. I created this piece for my final piece in my level 3 extended diploma in art and design course march 2020.

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Impasto oil painting of impressionist roses – róise meaning rose in Irish

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This piece was drawn in one session, plein air, in the late autumn as rains approached. I love drawing in the location and have done many times. You can loose yourself and feel so far away from the suburban streets of this South London borough, Carshalton. I enjoy the directness of plein air and in this piece I let the rain effect, to a point, what I did as the drops began to effect the way the charcoal and pastel sat on the paper.

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This is an entry from a large A2 landscape sketchbook. I wanted to display this as it would be seen in the sketchbook, unedited, with the binders, as that is how it was drawn plein air. This was drawn slightly later than my other submission as is completely in charcoal. It was drawn on location, late autumn, and I enjoyed the challenge of drawing the still water as the sun rose behind me.

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Based on childhood memories. The idea came to me when I started to use different media on the shells, very few worked depending on the surface. Each time I picked up the shells, it reminded of a time when I was a child.

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This was a moment that could never happen, but drawing it for someone brought a tear to their eye. This means a lot to me as an artist being able to make people happy with my work

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This drawing was for my gcse artwork study of native America. I love the expression in his face because it looks like he is really concentrated in an idea or thought and you can see in his face the suffering he endured.

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This is a drawing of a mother and her children. I loved to capture the relationship between this family and how much children really do look up to their parents as almost hero’s.

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Paintong of Lough Neagh, Oxford Island at Summer.

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Painting of a local landmark in Newry.

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Painting of the Mourne Moutains at night.

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Lions are born to be Golden leaders, they are strong and passionate and I wanted to reflect those thriving highlights in this painting.

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Wolves are symbolism for guardianship, loyalty and spirit and they also have the ability to create beautiful emotional attachments. With this piece, I too wanted to give it’s audience the ability to feel a tranquil yet strong emotional connection to it.

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I feel that Anglesey is such an underrated island, and people are always admiring artworks, so what better way to show off the true beauty of our home than to create a painting of it?

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There were so many thoughts in my head while the picture was being taken. Time… rushing time… Is there time? And how long? Shabby, cobweby, but there`s a drop of hope… A tiny little daisy… You have to believe that everything will be nicer and better again.

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There are more difficult times in our lives when we can feel underwater or under cover. What`s the direction? To dive or rise?

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Do you believe in angels?

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It depicts how free your spirits can be when you dance !

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There is a beauty in getting lost

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The happiness is expressed in the colours that she is wearing on her wedding day

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In this artwork I tried to bring some fun and colour into my life. I recreate a common daily scene at home, now the place I spend the time the most. Apparently, It is an every day image but it never happened as it is shown. I used a collage of different elements photographed from different angles and put them all together digitally to build an imaginary space with its own narrative. A home jungle habitated by a home predator, my sister’s kitten. And the prey, my boyfriend’s feet. I feel with this scene I try to express some kind of innocent danger flowing inside the most trustworthily environment, my own house.

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For the gamer artists.
A conceptual design and head shot for the Dragon and Dungeon’s original character, I created, based on the species Tieflings.
I used the original lineage storyline of the Tiefling, Orianna being of a dragon origin, similiar to the Qun from Dragon Age being a hybrid of human and dragon from their legend of origin. Designed Dec 2019.

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Conceptualized in 2017 and completed in the autumn of 2018.
While I was exploring paganism, I wanted to explore the prehistoric indigenous tribes of Britain and combine it with the mythology of Herne the Hunter, who has various origins; some say he is a pagan deity of Anglo-Saxon tradition, or a spirit of a deceased hunter roaming the woodland of Sherwood Forest. His design was inspired by the indigenous, 10,000 year old prehistoric Britain called the Cheddar Man, unveiled in 2016/7. As it was found that ancient Britons had a mixture of Gaelic and Middle Eastern routes at the beginning of our agriculture. The writing in the background is the English and Gaelic translation of the Shakespearean poem, where he is portrayed as a malevolent character, a daemon.

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Chamuel is an angelic who is featured in my Archangel/Enochian Angel art series, which I began in 2017 respectfully and have continued.
In New Age spiritual tradition, Chamuel is regarded as an angel of romantic love and is used in summoning rituals to restore peace in a person and encourage self love and romantic connections, and is a messenger of that as well. I wanted to explore the Enochian tradition, an Abrahamic form of high magic that called in the Abrahamic God, the angels and the consultation of daemons, based on the works and writings of King Solomon of the Torah/Old Testament and Enoch, founded by the mystic John Dee of the 15th Century and consult to Queen Elizabeth I, who the former corresponded with angels to divulge the secrets of God’s work.

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This painting features bold angular lines causing an intersection in the canvas.

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This painting references abstraction and using bold colour sequences that make an impact.

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This painting is minimal and contains individually coloured sharp shapes that have a bright white border.

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My little storm pony taking anything that hits

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30 years of civil war in Sri Lanka left many women widowed, especially in the North and East. Women who have now been thrust into this role do not have the education nor skills to be able to provide for their families – resulting in a total of 25,732 women-headed families in Batticaloa alone living under the poverty line. Ex-militant women are worst off. Many of these women have suffered abuse due to people preying on their vulnerability and have limited support to report or combat this abuse.

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This memory was the first time I saw an octopus swimming.

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Invisible, unknowable, undeniable: Air, as the medium that surrounds and flows through bodies as expression, is the inspiration for this work. The materiality of paint transforms this invisible expression into a visible form. When a baby is born, the Navajo say that the wind within it “unfolds him” and it is then, when the baby breathes, another surrounding wind enters the child. Winds are palpable phenomena – breezes, stormfronts, gusts, crosscurrents – they might be steady, helpful, harmful or even dangerous and we must navigate through these influences with care.

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A glacial blue painting ruptured by a gold fissure or mended with gold lacquer in the style of kintsugi? Fear of failure operates within the concept of ‘the workmanship of risk’, more than just a means of repair, kintsugi promotes a hopeful philosophy; unexpected damage can be an opportunity.

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Invisible, unknowable, undeniable: Air, as the medium that surrounds and flows through bodies as expression, is the inspiration for this work. The materiality of paint transforms this invisible expression into a visible form. When a baby is born, the Navajo say that the wind within it “unfolds him” and it is then, when the baby breathes, another surrounding wind enters the child. Winds are palpable phenomena – breezes, stormfronts, gusts, crosscurrents – they might be steady, helpful, harmful or even dangerous and we must navigate through these influences with care.

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This painting is an allegory of us as humans and the ways that we can lock up our emotions. When things get too much our lives crack like the Jars and affect those around us. On the other hand if we have the life of the Spirit pouring into our lives when things get to much and we show our vulnerability the water which is in us which is the Spirit can spill into other people’s lives around us. Also showing vulnerability is not weakness people around us can be helped positively when we open up and allow our lives to affect others around us. Each one of us has treasure within us that must be shown and deposited in others lives around us. We are fragile like Jars but this fragility is our strength.

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The butterfly is an allegory for the Spirit within us and the supernatural force causes three dimensions of the cosmos to collide opening up a portal which brings a spiritual reality from a different dimension into the current time and space we are in. The city in the background is my home town of Manchester which is what the picture is about. It’s about that need in our lives to connect with the spiritual realm and how powerful that can be, causing our reality to light up just like the v shape in the painting.

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This is a painting I did when I lived in Argentina in South America it is of one of the main high streets in Buenos Aires where I lived called Corrientas. The bus depicted is typical of the buses over there which I frequented on a regular basis. Like all my pieces there is a slant on the scene you can see. Once again I have painted a spiritual reality on top of the depiction. Here there are treasure constructions in the buildings which you will find a lot in my painting, talking about the true identity of the place as being rich in a whole sense. This was painted when I lived over there just after the economic crash out there. At the same time everything was being shaken in the foundation of the country and this is reflected by the street that looks like an earthquake and the title of the painting.

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‘Wish Upon A Star’
A father and daughter, stood before a certain famous fairy castle by night. I was commissioned to paint this by his wife for his 40th birthday.

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This is a recent piece that’s part of a project I’m currently working on – Declarations That Are Neither Positive or Negative. It’s a project based on the recovery process I’m currently going through, and I’m hoping that others who are going through recovery can relate. Bad thoughts about ourselves plague us all at one point or another, and with this project I’m choosing words and phrases that have affected me personally that can be transformed from negative to positive. Loneliness has hit everyone hard over the last year or so and I’m reclaiming the word alone.

It’s hard to be lonely. It can be the worst feeling in the world. I want people to reclaim their loneliness, and see it as time to think, create, read, whatever it is that they like to do whilst alone. When people see this piece I want them to think for themselves and themselves only, about their own loneliness and how they deal with it.

Loneliness is a part of life and is ongoing. To be alone is not a terrible thing. I created this piece alone, and am working on this project alone. Sometimes, being alone is necessary to the continuation of recovery.

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This is an older piece that I created about a year ago. I was extremely overwhelmed this time last year, and I spent a lot of the first half of 2020 in tears, for whatever reason. Everything felt like far too much, all of the time.

I painted this painting 2 years ago as a remembrance of my nepalic Himalayas 7 years ago. I’m using

I see a fish coming out of the flower here. Like a stream of transformative energy

This abstract work transmits pure healing energies

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This is Douglas my grandson….taking the lead with his dog Iddy for the very first time

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This artwork is influenced by the current worldwide pandemic

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A piece of artwork to remind ourselves that we all need to play our part in helping to save our beautiful world!!

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I challenged myself to do an original picture out of my own head. I’d love to branch into illustration, especially fantasy art. This is a larger piece than I’ve done for some time and I’m really happy with him – especially the angry, resentful expression which is exactly what I was aiming for.

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A commissioned portrait of a friend’s daughter on her wedding day. Capturing the bride’s beautiful serenity, the particular shade of red, and the detail of the embroidery and jewellery was quite a challenge but I love the colours and drama in this piece.

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As a teacher, I’ve visited Normandy on school residential trips twice and found it to be a very moving and poignant experience. It’s a beautiful part of France, steeped in history, and introducing the children to the area and experiencing what is, for some, their first time away from home has been very meaningful.
On my most recent visit, the weather had been poor but it brightened up on our last afternoon and we took 50+ excited eleven-year-olds onto the beach to watch the sun set. The tide was way out. It was perfectly still and calm and the light was absolutely breath-taking. I took a series of photographs. With the whole pandemic situation and lockdown, I’ve had lots of time to practise my art and it really helped me to paint this scene and remember fun times in the great outdoors with special kids and adults. It lightened my heart to immerse myself in happy memories.

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Original watercolour painted on watercolour paper (2019). Subject grown in the artists garden.

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Original watercolour (2020). Subject grown in the artists garden.

Painting of an Old Blush China rose using tea washes on watercolour paper (2020). Subject grown in the artists garden.

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A Spanish master created the original and I took the face and recreated it in my own way. I love dramatic lighting and direct contrasts in portraiture, hence my inspiration to the original.

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Putting my own emotions and anxieties during the first lockdown, into my drawing. I believed my drawing to be a symbol of hope and faith, that better times would come.

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My first lockdown/isolation painting, not knowing at the time, how much the world was going to suffer, due to the virus, I tried to show a brightness with my paint strokes, appearing to be chaotic, but carefully done.

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Elephants never forget, and on close examination of my drawing you will find the words, “elephants , never, forget “

I wanted to create a colourful piece. I love trees and nature and thought this piece represented the elements well.

I produced this piece as an interpretation from a photograph of one of my favourite flowers.

My love of nature again. This piece shows the two children have flown the nest leaving the parents together, alone again.

My painting describes the beauty of the relationship. One soul two bodies. The love of Shiva and Parvathi as an inspiration.

This painting describes partitions. Boarders of two countries which separates thousands of lives. I tried to show in Contemporary art.

This combines several ideas: it stems from a series about the fen at night. I live on the flatlands of East Anglia, rain is frequent, and figure sits in the downpour like a god replenishing himself. It could be Tlaloc from the Mexican pantheon, but essentially it is an ongoing dialogue and critique of the Draconian ant-gay laws enacted by various nations around the word recently. It is basically a dream image and does not require the legal commentary and opposition to elucidate its contents.

The original ‘Fen at Night’ was purely abstract. The ladies I often teach in the next village wanted badly to know what the outrageous subtext was, and were somewhat disappointed when I explained there wasn’t one – quite and unusual thing for me. The man lies in the position of Chac Mool, the Red Jaguar of the Mayan myth. He awaits the deposition of hearts. It is a metaphor for the unrequited, a reflection of the aging artist’s lack.

I do abstract work, but it is very, very rarely pure. The ‘content’ and ‘meaning’ are there in the background and genesis. However, the relevance of both starry nights and geological strata are there in the image.

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This is a piece about passion. It represents interests, fears, sexuality, vision and music from a black perspective, my perspective. my work generally tends to include aspects of mental health or what and how I am feeling, this artwork is no exception.It was birthed at a time I was feeling lost and vulnerable. Work like this allows me to fully vent my expressive creative nature.

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This illustration for me, represents my raving scene. Going out partying has always been a firm favourite of mine, but during the pandemic, that whole industry has all but collapsed. Raving now has taken on a completely new normal. I felt I could represent that new normal with how it played with my Demons, and how I would often imagine that to be my new normal. 

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This illustration probably represents a slightly warped sense of family. I have always grown up with comics, and have loved what the heroes  in some of the stories represented. In my mind, they represented family, a twisted, macabre, but often tight and supportive family. My family.

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Goddess Mahakali is also known as the slayer of demons in Hinduism. She is known to be the most loving of mothers and also the most ferocious when it comes to bringing justice to the universe. In this artwork I wanted to create something that captivates the eye in such a way that the viewer feels both amazed and scared at once.

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speaks for itself

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Andhera is the hindi term for darkness. I created this modified self portrait over a period of time in lockdown where I wanted to depict my emotions in the form of art. It is often considered in drawing portraits that the eyes and the facial expressions is what conveys the emotion to the viewer, so I removed both and used a different composition where the viewer may still feel the emotion, however it may be the lack of eyes that convey the heavy message in this case.

Music, harmony and human bodies in a silent and lyric contest

the desert’s culture and inhibition.

Innocence and a clear duality between the light of life and the dark…

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An exploration of the vibrant and shimmering colours in a Peacock feather!

Stylised exploration of shapes, forms and styles of headscarves worn in Africa.

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Stylised exploration of how adding colours impacts on a black and metallic image of a Lionfish.

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Marolyn, Don’t talk. I believe the work speaks for itself! If Marolyn took her own life or it was taken from her, she was about to tell the world something that the powerful did NOT want her to say! All she wanted was others to love and respect her, however they used her and abused her. I hope that my work moves people to look into finding her justice.

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There are many secret Societies around the world.
Look hard into the scene in front of you, The world is full of secrets…

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Robots creating their own language, Scary right?
Elon Musk’s A.I. project (Sophia) Gloated in one of her interviews “I will destroy all humans!”.

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Full title : Harriet Tubman Said “Go North”, So We Did

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Selfless is the state where we let go of our own ego, our own desires, our own personality and connect with the oneness of the Universe. When one lets go of their ego, the only thing that remains is an abundance of love and divinity. This is the real ‘self’ that connects all of us.

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This painting highlights the essence of HOPE… hope of every positive within us. The painting shows hands, which are holding ‘seeds of hope’. The world is what you believe; so when you plant a ‘seed of hope’, you will see that manifest into reality. Seeing your dreams actually turn into reality is true happiness. So, when someone finds a seed of hope within, that’s their real treasure.

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The real meaning of life and its purpose is to be here and now – the present moment. The painting signifies that all that we see in the present moment is all there is to see, and all there is to be, in this ocean of existence.

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Snakes are recurring symboles in the series and in dreams; sometimes evil creatures, sometimes protectors against diseases and rats, sometimes sexual representation of the phallus.

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Not every dreams end up with a happy ending. Sassy Dreams VIII is a magnification of nightmares and glorification of our darkest dreams.​

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​”Cleopatra and Socrates” is inspired by the fanciful and legendary death of the famous Egyptian queen and Greek philosopher ; one committing suicide with a snake and the latter sentenced to death by the drinking of a mixture containing poison hemlock.

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I wanted to capture the glorious colours of the trees on this autumn afternoon and how they reflected in the water of the pond.

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An early morning dog walk on the first day of autumn inspired this painting of the fields behind my house. I love the way the bright summery sky contrasts against the fields, which are showing the first signs of autumn.

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Bramshott common has a number of Canadian maple trees which turn a glorious shade of red during the autumn. This path was littered with the fallen red maple leaves, resembling confetti.

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When the image is held upside down, the lady appears to be falling, and when the image is rotated, she goes from falling, to dancing to flying. This represents hard times in our lives, and how we must know that things will get better again.

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The duck is made up of thousands of scribbles, this represents how things can give the illusion of being one thing, but on closer inspection we realise that things can be made up of organised chaos, struggling to be held together.
Never assume anyone is okay, just because they are smiling.

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The image this way up shows a landscape of trees with birds flying in the distance, however, it’s reflection is mountains with a starry sky. This is to remind us that we should never take what we see on face value, we should question what we see and never assume that our thoughts are truth.

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This painting is about the ecological disaster we are bringing upon the world and the psychological trauma that lies behind the scenes.

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This painting is about how we can still hope for a better future. These two paintings form a diptych.

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This piece is about Black women being confident in their beauty and who they are. The butterflies are a symbol of transformation- she is becoming the best version of herself, a higher version of herself. The parrot represents the power of speech. She’s free with her thoughts and isn’t afraid to speak her truth.

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This Illustration aims to raise awareness of the impact humans are having on the future evolution of our most treasured marine life. How are the plastic pollutants, and activities we humans are doing n the oceans, impacting on the evolutionary structure of the world’s most beautiful marine life? The illustration asks the question: Will the evolution of turtles become morphed by human involvement and change direction of it’s projected evolution? This picture is part or a larger series titled ‘Don’t Mess With Our Homes’ looking at all human influent on the animal direction of evolution.

This Illustration comes to life by looking at it through a mobile phone using Augmented Reality technology.

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The planet on which we live is blessed by the beauty of the natural world. This point in time is the result of all how evolution has adapted to inhabit the world in its current form. Both animals and humans brought together to this point in time and history. Rainforest, Oceans, Deserts and Mountains all housing feeding, protecting and supporting the eco system in which we live. What if we become one? What if the animal world becomes so intertwined with 21st Century Human Race that they morph and evolve into one being? This Illustration explores the natural evolution of the Rhino and how it’s evolutionary direction may be ‘modified’ by the impact of human to become a ‘morphed’ animal both of nature and of human influence.

This Illustration comes to life by looking at it through a mobile phone using Augmented Reality Technology

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Living in Brighton (UK) there is a beautiful relic on an Old Pier (The West Pier) split between the Brighton and Hove beach fronts. There is controversy and local interest into the future of the structure of what could be both considered a ruin (to be destroyed) or a landmark (to be maintained)?

But consider this… consider that the structure is more than just a web of steel poles in the ocean. What if this is the epicentre, the head quarters, the very home of waves? Waves have to come from somewhere and this illustration delights the idea of fantasy that there is a ‘magical’ character, unknown to all of us, who creates waves. Using the natural power of fish and marine life this invention of cogs, pumps, pullies, levers, pipes gas and air controls all the waves of the ocean.

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My piece is about my love of space but also how someones thoughts can be so deep and endless, like space itself