Hello! Its been a while !!.....

Past Work from projects

     

Water colour and pencil

Courage of the Norwegian people Aycrlic 

    



Yes!! it has been a while..... thankyou for your continued support and visiting my blog it has been encouraging to me to see visits to the sight over the summer. 

I am now starting back at UCS my final year, a dissertation to hand in before Christmas and a Degree show to prepare for in                                                                June 2014 so alot going on. 

     As part of my final year I have to decide on a project topic theme. 
     

Ai Weiwei Exhibition Seville 2013

Finding inspiration.....

1. Throughout my time at UCS I have focused on producing work concerning social political content.I am interested in the dynamics of how individuals and societies function particularly concerning power structures that impact in particular those marginalised within society.  
2.  Initial key influences have stemmed from past and present inspirational figures within society such as Nemoller, Ghandi, Luther-King, Rosa luxemberg,Louise Michele Aung San Suu Kyi,Brian Hawes, Nelson Mandela.Chico Mendes ,and Frans Krajberg to mention a few......
3. Being inspired after visiting the Berlin Wall in 2012 and experiencing the strong depth of  socio-political activism there, and the impact of  street graffiti enabled me to further develop an appreciation for the scope that visual art can have on a personal level and in  the public space and  the realisation that art with social content does have its place in society and being able to express ones views apart from the influences portrayed via mass media is vitaly important as it gives an alternative perspective to the dominant discourse which can only be a healthy thing other wise we are subjected to a topdown only one way brainwashed  mentality .....to be continued
   
    
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