https://www.andyfarr.com/blog daily 0.75 2025-03-02 https://www.andyfarr.com/blog/2025/3/2/what-does-it-mean-to-be-seen-part-1 monthly 0.5 2025-09-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/fdb5da8d-bb93-421c-ba48-b6be04905f3b/Andy+Farr+_+The+Puppeteer.jpg Blog - What Does It Mean to Be Seen? Part 1 - Make it stand out The Puppeteer 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/f15d38cc-8051-4d46-bbbd-c0f0b5707a6f/Alegria.jpg Blog - What Does It Mean to Be Seen? Part 1 - Make it stand out Alegria 2019 https://www.andyfarr.com/blog/2019/7/12/a-picture-tells-a-thousand-words monthly 0.5 2025-09-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/1562947276117-CFW3ARGSHFDEEFLXOLZD/The+Man+Inside.jpg Blog - A picture tells a thousand words The man Inside https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/1562947428300-A0U14M01AKQVQPU39J57/Daylight.jpg Blog - A picture tells a thousand words Daylight https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/1562947569013-IVMW9FW5XDJR825H40TA/The+Twisted+Rose.jpg Blog - A picture tells a thousand words The Twisted Rose https://www.andyfarr.com/blog/2019/3/10/curating-coventry-artist-spotlight monthly 0.5 2025-09-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/1552218059821-57H8SCXCYRR98NFEKFFA/AndyFarr_3741_JohnWhitmore_1.jpg Blog - Curating Coventry - Artist Spotlight https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/1552218237096-6X02FSIQA06KB2ADUAKV/Alegria.jpg Blog - Curating Coventry - Artist Spotlight https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/1552218353040-08EPO8MS1ON31GDCSW0R/The+Man+Inside.jpg Blog - Curating Coventry - Artist Spotlight https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/1552218130028-K0VFF3SI7C1T40HJ91XF/The+Twisted+Rose.jpg Blog - Curating Coventry - Artist Spotlight https://www.andyfarr.com/blog/2018/8/3/the-twisted-rose-and-other-lives monthly 0.5 2025-09-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/1533320443532-SYIHYJXJAIH395O85IDR/Burning+Brighter.jpg Blog - The Twisted Rose and other Lives “Burning Brighter” tells Danny’s story. His recovery from PTSD inspired his song writing. As he says: “The illness that had smashed me to pieces, the horror that had me fighting for air, isolated and trapped behind an ice wall now enabled me to see the world with growing clarity … Colours burned brighter, orchestras played in my head. I felt so alive … Songs poured out of me”. Danny McNamara is lead singer of the band Embrace. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/1533320269285-54ZQNOKK5BOX84MBLNV6/Twisted+Rose.jpg Blog - The Twisted Rose and other Lives - ““Twisted Rose” was inspired by “Mac” story. He suffered childhood abuse, and after therapy describes himself as feeling like a twisted rose, growing out of the dark into the light, but still carrying the scars of his past. “Twisted Rose” was inspired by “Mac” story. He suffered childhood abuse, and after therapy describes himself as feeling like a twisted rose, growing out of the dark into the light, but still carrying the scars of his past. https://www.andyfarr.com/blog/2018/2/10/invisible-screams monthly 0.5 2025-09-17 https://www.andyfarr.com/blog/2018/2/10/you-are-a-fucking-coward monthly 0.5 2025-09-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/1518261616056-XXUU16QYFGG3ICSEGAF7/hf-a.jpg Blog - You are a fucking coward https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/1518261656642-EV41XT4KOD6TTOCZH9CK/hf2.jpg Blog - You are a fucking coward https://www.andyfarr.com/blog/2017/8/31/looking-forward monthly 0.5 2025-09-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/1504177486626-PRNYEFLEVBX48MO2HF0Z/Cosmos Blog - Looking forward... Cosmos, 210 x 210 cm Oil and acrylic on canvas https://www.andyfarr.com/blog/2017/4/21/the-visitor monthly 0.5 2025-09-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/1492791255178-93GGLB10CVWHY8SEYDR8/image-asset.jpeg Blog - The Visitor https://www.andyfarr.com/blog/2017/4/19/twin-poles monthly 0.5 2025-09-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/1492792504947-FSM3P7WFQ54KY7TYCK08/Carousel+Final.jpg Blog - Twin Poles Carousel https://www.andyfarr.com/blog/tag/trauma monthly 0.5 https://www.andyfarr.com/blog/tag/forwards monthly 0.5 https://www.andyfarr.com/blog/tag/ptsd monthly 0.5 https://www.andyfarr.com/blog/tag/Masters monthly 0.5 https://www.andyfarr.com/blog/tag/art monthly 0.5 https://www.andyfarr.com/blog/tag/artist monthly 0.5 https://www.andyfarr.com/blog/tag/cosmos monthly 0.5 https://www.andyfarr.com/blog/tag/office monthly 0.5 https://www.andyfarr.com/blog/tag/hope monthly 0.5 https://www.andyfarr.com/blog/tag/uncertainty monthly 0.5 https://www.andyfarr.com/blog/tag/post+traumatic+growth monthly 0.5 https://www.andyfarr.com/blog/tag/andy+farr monthly 0.5 https://www.andyfarr.com/blog/tag/future monthly 0.5 https://www.andyfarr.com/blog-brine daily 0.75 2025-05-12 https://www.andyfarr.com/blog-brine/2015/10/14/preserved-lemons-4ej98 monthly 0.5 2025-09-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56098193e4b08650938b4d7b/1444861445514-DM503CIE98PJJ057VAIS/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Preserved Lemons https://www.andyfarr.com/blog-brine/2015/10/15/ramen-eygm6 monthly 0.5 2025-09-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56098193e4b08650938b4d7b/1444936926654-JIMLELIZP09FUPF3MOBG/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Behind the Brine https://www.andyfarr.com/blog-brine/2015/10/15/beet-season-cwzfh monthly 0.5 2025-09-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56098193e4b08650938b4d7b/1445886435565-WNJI6DYAAUTGUB8OGOPI/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Beet Season https://www.andyfarr.com/blog-brine/2015/10/15/banh-mi-do-chua-4trbh monthly 0.5 2025-09-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56098193e4b08650938b4d7b/1444920570579-WK1LXTQNFMM1VH2Y865I/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Banh Mi + Do Chua https://www.andyfarr.com/blog-brine/2015/10/15/cabbage-hc63s monthly 0.5 2025-09-17 https://www.andyfarr.com/blog-brine/2015/10/15/classic-dill-lyhnt monthly 0.5 2025-09-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56098193e4b08650938b4d7b/1444920853054-4SYK7CEWZ5VEIVUS105T/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Classic Dill https://www.andyfarr.com/blog-brine/2015/10/15/bratwurst-sauerkraut-soup-z282c monthly 0.5 2025-09-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56098193e4b08650938b4d7b/1444920988347-RALKTTBPY4XFDAR60H3T/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Bratwurst + Sauerkraut Soup https://www.andyfarr.com/blog-brine/2015/10/15/red-hot-ecd8g monthly 0.5 2025-09-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56098193e4b08650938b4d7b/1444921209619-RQTA809CEYXP0SYQI0C4/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Red Hot https://www.andyfarr.com/lostgeneration daily 0.75 2021-07-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/1625392175887-AVBZNHBXDFQ3II6ION8D/100+Summers+_+final+crop.jpg Lost Generation - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/1561288572058-UOALO7GH8B4N3UCL1ZMI/The+Response.jpg Lost Generation The Response goes Home. An artist’s moving and timely twist on one of Newcastle’s Renwick memorial finds a permanent home in the city, thanks to the Lord Mayor. The painting shows two contemporary children embracing the soldiers in the memorial as they march off to war. The painting, done on three wooden boards and measuring nine feet by five feet, was unveiled last year at an event organised by Newcastle Libraries to mark the unveiling of a memorial to 16th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/1561288168906-VCPDTOABLGAZQGTYVY59/IMG_1144.jpg Lost Generation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/1625392579312-D7XZQY9O16PCEILDAN4X/27glastonbury998ev7_reversed.jpg Lost Generation - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/1561288672006-ZF0RJKKAFBUZSP5V99NL/Lord+mayor%2C+Hazel+Stephenson+with+Andy+farr.jpg Lost Generation Meeting with Coun Stephenson, Lord Mayor. of Newcastle to hand over "The Response" for permanent display in Newcastle Library. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/1625392595517-I0KIP4IL1X95ZF96N3Z1/Mud-1014509.jpg Lost Generation - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/1625392175887-AVBZNHBXDFQ3II6ION8D/100+Summers+_+final+crop.jpg Lost Generation - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/1561288672006-ZF0RJKKAFBUZSP5V99NL/Lord+mayor%2C+Hazel+Stephenson+with+Andy+farr.jpg Lost Generation Meeting with Coun Stephenson, Lord Mayor. of Newcastle to hand over "The Response" for permanent display in Newcastle Library. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/1625392595517-I0KIP4IL1X95ZF96N3Z1/Mud-1014509.jpg Lost Generation - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/1561288572058-UOALO7GH8B4N3UCL1ZMI/The+Response.jpg Lost Generation The Response goes Home. An artist’s moving and timely twist on one of Newcastle’s Renwick memorial finds a permanent home in the city, thanks to the Lord Mayor. The painting shows two contemporary children embracing the soldiers in the memorial as they march off to war. The painting, done on three wooden boards and measuring nine feet by five feet, was unveiled last year at an event organised by Newcastle Libraries to mark the unveiling of a memorial to 16th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/1561288168906-VCPDTOABLGAZQGTYVY59/IMG_1144.jpg Lost Generation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/1625392579312-D7XZQY9O16PCEILDAN4X/27glastonbury998ev7_reversed.jpg Lost Generation - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/1492338386749-HEVPVKY6AWJ9KTEDUI3S/The+Response.jpg Lost Generation - The Response https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/1492338369528-7NJ2AM6Q5Z4HVAGXFUNV/Teenage+Wasteland+_+2mb.jpg Lost Generation - Teenage Wasteland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/1492544702822-EHIOB7F4PHV066BOURGY/Silent+Witness.jpg Lost Generation - Silent Witness https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/1492338355691-HA94GX3O9KPNK1DJUU8Q/Paths+of+Glory+_2mb.jpg Lost Generation - Paths of Glory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/1504116960784-CGUWX54PTXOEQCL236CG/100+Summers+Canon+_sml.jpg Lost Generation - 100 Summers Commemorating the Battle of Passchendaele where so many died for a few yards of mud. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/1492544628770-OVUBUCYF3QFVNLFRA7K8/Cockburn+Gassed+Final.jpg Lost Generation - Gassed - Cockburn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/1492544641512-48TRNVW2HRVYTBIYQTKB/Cockburn+Scream.jpg Lost Generation - Scream - Cockburn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/1492544691006-QKGFI11SF0TDMN0N3QEB/Final+Picture+E.jpg Lost Generation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/1492544659460-H3IV1U8RB1Z4323N409O/Kitchener+Burton.jpg Lost Generation - Burton needs You https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/1492544668181-4EDIVM2VBYHYK9KOFNFQ/Rag+Sorters+Final.jpg Lost Generation - Rags Sorters - Batley School of Art https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/1492544709437-PVFO2X3JG2T00MUVOTPF/Somme+197.jpg Lost Generation - Somme 197 - Lancashire https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/1492544768161-BK3CXE79L07RPR6TMEBI/Wasteland+-+Detail+1.jpg Lost Generation - Teenage Wasteland - Detail 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/1492338409239-2SJZ2LKI50QZO8NRJNL9/Soldiers+2+copy.png Lost Generation - Relections #2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/1492544781211-RS7A3LNPDJLYDOWHX9LQ/Wasteland+-+Detail+2.jpg Lost Generation - Teenage Wasteland - Detail 2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/1492544761685-3ABL8Z49K2GQ9OOHPPSK/The+Response+-+Detail.png Lost Generation - The Response - Detail https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/1492544778997-H0FV31UTRUPIMJF24314/Wasteland+-+Detail+3.jpg Lost Generation - Teenage Wasteland - Detail 3 https://www.andyfarr.com/aboutme daily 0.75 2025-08-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/1589393218976-4IIQG6YH9EIQX4CWUN5A/AndyFarr%2Bin%2BStudio.jpg About me https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/1589393218976-4IIQG6YH9EIQX4CWUN5A/AndyFarr%2Bin%2BStudio.jpg About me https://www.andyfarr.com/conflict daily 0.75 2022-03-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/1521391120337-C0OF4HNEAD6IRJIEWP6G/The+Third+of+January+2015+_2mb.jpg Conflict - The Third of January 2015   The inspiration for this piece was the atrocities conducted by ISIS, and specifically the execution by “fire” of a Jordanian pilot on 3rd January 2015. The reference to Goya’s The Third of May 1808 in the title and within the painting speaks to the “endless” nature of conflict. The IPAD showing a YouTube clip of the execution is a reflection on the voyeuristic way in which conflict is increasingly becoming “entertainment”. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/1521391186452-OVPHTI2YJOR30KHZSF6S/Ideal+Home+_+2mb.jpg Conflict - Ideal Home   This painting addresses the issue of domestic violence, this crosses all wealth barriers, so I decided that the idea of an “Ideal kitchen” would provide the strongest contrast with the subtle gym/boxing/abuse references. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/1521391231691-PJ1SNMOG6L33WS90G5UO/Kids+TV+1mb.jpg Conflict - 'Kid's TV'   This piece was triggered by seeing an advert of a Kids Toy set based on Game of Thrones characters. A series containing sex and violence and most definitely NOT suitable for children. There is increasing agreement that children’s exposure to violent games and film/TV at increasingly young ages can lead to the normalisation of violence, and desensitization to real world acts. The sub-text to the piece was the juxtaposition of apparently innocent kid’s drawings, which are however based on images from horror and violent films or games. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/1521391275916-WWC20SIUSJRRW4UHJ36N/Playtime+2mb.jpg Conflict - Playtime   This piece juxtaposed three themes: Man’s continued fascination with war toys. Here I drew upon a recent exhibition at the Herbert, entitled “War Games” which examines the role of war in childhood play and strategic games from the 1800s to the present day. I was chilled by one line from the exhibition brochure “the exhibition is a delight for both adventurous little ones and the child in us all” … The passing of time, conveyed by the evolution of the toys, but more so by the newspaper headlines from different decades of peace and war declaration. The sense of being trapped in a never ending spiral. Here I drew upon Escher’s impossible cabinet to create a subtle a tromp l’oeil with the shelves of the toy display cabinet forming an impossible shape. https://www.andyfarr.com/contact daily 0.75 2023-01-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/c3311810-92c4-42fd-88f0-2bb75fffe302/AndyFarr_02.jpg Contact Detail from painting "The Third of January 2015" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/c3311810-92c4-42fd-88f0-2bb75fffe302/AndyFarr_02.jpg Contact Detail from painting "The Third of January 2015" https://www.andyfarr.com/black-dogs daily 0.75 2022-03-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/1492609520757-MS5PD8BPA7BIJEFBX258/Carousel.jpg Black Dogs - Carousel (Copy) Carousel Oil & Acrylic on Canvas 90cm x 120cm 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/1492609503102-OTRJVSUT2SPNV4MBAE7R/Another+day+at+the+office.jpg Black Dogs - Another day at the Office (Copy) Another day at the Office Acrylic and Charcoal on Canvas 150cm x 120cm 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/1492609535514-UBWYHEYT9GAWO9O2HCUR/Miranda.jpg Black Dogs - Miranda (Copy) Miranda Oil and Acrylic on Canvas 100cm x 80cm 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/1492609506463-EBF4UNXGF5KUI6LCFYNF/Black+Dog+%28Original%29.JPG Black Dogs - Black Dog (Copy) Black Dog Oil & Acrylic on Canvas 135cm x 100cm 2011 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/1492609539771-7D5RGTW3N9T2S7F03HO6/Black+Dog+3.jpg Black Dogs - Black Dog 3 (Copy) Black Dog 3 Oil, Acrylic and Charcoal on Canvas 90cm x 120cm 2016 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/1499331484985-1ZESBKFMRZXCFNEQLBBO/IMG_20170112_155005.jpg Black Dogs - Westgate (Copy) Westgate Oil, Acrylic, Graphite and MDF dust on Canvas 120 x 90cm 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/1499331573083-XK6S5Z8GAUHNS7XMNUPC/IMG_20170117_110710.jpg Black Dogs - Platform (Copy) Platform Oil, Acrylic, Graphite and MDF dust on Canvas 90cm x 120cm 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/1504177850066-PJBCQITGL1GW0FGUBWJG/Circus.jpg Black Dogs - Swing (Copy) Swing Oil, Acrylic, and Graphite on Canvas 120 x 150cm 2017 https://www.andyfarr.com/black-dogs-1 daily 0.75 2022-03-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/1504024837155-ZKVCX4GMKUB7I5OZXCEM/Visitor.jpg Memories - Visitor 120 x 150cm oil and Acrylic on canvas . The Visitor When I was 13 I entered a mental hospital for the first time to visit my father. He was suffering from his first major bout of mania, and about to start a lifelong dance with bipolar disorder and the cocktail of drugs that run alongside. That is over 40 years ago, but I still remember the eerie feeling of walking through the corridors: a feeling of trepidation and unease mixed with something of the voyeur's gaze. The overriding memory is of the unblinking stares that I received as I entered the day room. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/1504024836633-EVWRUXARSX2202V6DVLE/Welcome.jpg Memories - Welcome 120 x 150cm Oil and Acrylic on canvas Another painting that draws upon my memory of visiting hospital. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/1504024812016-Q24ZYZXPH5I3LARPAQ8K/Joy.jpg Memories - Joy 120 x 150cm Oil and Acrylic on canvas This painting is inspired by the life of my aunt who was a teacher in the 1950s and 60s. I vividly remember travelling in her Ford Anglia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/1504024811018-V5O4G5A7SSR4JJUKICAM/New+School.jpg Memories - New School 80 x 100cm Oil and Acrylic on canvas. When I was 8 I switched to a new school. I remember the feeling of being the centre of attention, and struggling to read. https://www.andyfarr.com/memories daily 0.75 2022-03-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/1504118145911-GPX0ATJFETLI7VIL1R6L/Cosmos.jpg Looking forwards - Cosmos Oil and Acrylic, 210 x 210 cm on canvas. This idea evolved from somewhere inside my head ... and felt right ... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/1504117429598-NBV3B027FH0CMUQKJBNO/Self+Portrait.jpg Looking forwards - Looking Forwards - Self Portrait Oil and Acrylic, 180 x 180 cm on canvas. Portrait of the artist contemplating the future https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/1504117424660-8GIK7MMWLL2ZN9R5NJJB/Wonder.jpg Looking forwards - Wonder Oil and Acrylic, 120 x 90 cm on canvas An image that evolved out of a complex abstract ground. https://www.andyfarr.com/murals daily 0.75 2017-10-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/1508409550815-F5PGDDXB8TH05LBIOJIK/caligraphy+draft+1.png Murals and design https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/1508410993758-NZPS6JHKAI5R2OXECQAV/7th+Nov+101.jpg Murals and design https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/1508409233864-JJGL8H14WLNGPTFFQ84K/P1.jpg Murals and design https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/1508409550815-F5PGDDXB8TH05LBIOJIK/caligraphy+draft+1.png Murals and design https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/1508410993758-NZPS6JHKAI5R2OXECQAV/7th+Nov+101.jpg Murals and design https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/1508409233864-JJGL8H14WLNGPTFFQ84K/P1.jpg Murals and design https://www.andyfarr.com/twistedrose daily 0.75 2022-03-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/1518274588031-U67GVGQ5WJM1P4QRUGVX/Mac+7Feb18.jpg The Twisted Rose and other lives - Twisted Rose 120 x 60 cm acrylic on canvas “Twisted Rose” was inspired by “Mac’s” story. He suffered childhood abuse, and after therapy describes himself as feeling like “A twisted rose, growing out of the dark into the light, but still carrying the scars of his past”. Mac gave his permission to his therapist David Murphy to publish transcripts from his treatment. Andy chose Mac’s metaphor as the title for the exhibition as it seemed to him to sum up much about PTSD and recovery. The past cannot be undone or erased from the memory, but it is possible for people can learn to accept and give meaning to their experiences, and ultimately start to recover and grow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/1518274584256-6C77TC9RQY747UIJP2AK/Rachel%27s+Story.jpg The Twisted Rose and other lives - Invitation 75 x 100 cm Oil and Acrylic on canvas Rachel experienced a traumatic surgical procedure during her labour. It left her feeling disconnected from her baby son and as if she herself had cheated death. For 18 months her days felt like she was living in a silent lonely, grey world, and her nights were plagued by flashbacks of her time in the operating theatre. Through therapy Rachel started to rediscover her old self. She describes opening a door and meeting my old self again. “She’s inviting me back to who I used to be”. Outside of the door is dark and shadowy, but once the door is opened it’s like opening it to an awesome house party, you feel nervous going in, you start talking to friends again, and you are happy you went. Rachel’s response to the painting was: I’m actually speechless. I cried! the colours are perfect. The me looking round the corner completely sums up that feeling of lost in the grey world feeling frightened of everything. Welcoming Rachel is the old me too. It’s like you looked in my head and painted. It’s honestly amazing. I went to bed thinking about the painting and it’s almost like now there is a third Rachel. The one I am now who is able to connect with both the figures in the painting. Which is really nice. Today also happened to be my last counselling session ever so it’s all come together really nicely. Funny how life does that. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/1528799893292-V7D2M8WY99O1AQUC7V51/Danny+M_+studio.jpg The Twisted Rose and other lives - Burning Brighter 100 x 200 cm acrylic and oil on canvas Danny first shared his story on his own blog, which was then included on the MIND website. These are some extracts: Between the ages of 19 and 22 I suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder. For the best part of three years life was a living hell … It felt like the rest of the world was at the other side of translucent bullet proof ice. I couldn’t even cope with basic functions. I was having up to fifteen panic attacks a day. I wasn’t sleeping. I wasn’t eating. I went down to about ten stone, which isn’t very much when you are 6ft 2 tall. I almost died. I’d spend all day fighting my thoughts, and all night running from imaginary demons and voices”. “Once I locked myself in the bathroom because all I could hear in my head were these awful voices telling me to hurt and kill. I didn’t want to hurt anyone but I’d been fighting my thoughts for months and I’d got to the point where I’d become terrified that I wouldn’t be able to stop myself” The reason I’m speaking out now is because there has been a lot of coverage of depression and other mental illnesses recently. People have come forward and spoken out in really brave and touching ways about how they have learned to live with, overcome and even in some cases embrace the dark side. And I found it inspiring. I’m really lucky I got help. My mum literally carried me to the doctors in the end, and I’m better now. Not just well, but better. Better than I ever was before. Back then we’d spent so long trying to write songs and failing, nothing had any depth …Embrace sounded like our influences. Melody Maker described Embrace as a "A lowest common denominator blend of The Chameleons, The Bunnymen, and U2” Aged 22, I picked up a guitar for the first time and learned some chords. The illness took a while to lift, but as it did, the demons that kept me up all night just enabled me to spend more time writing. So I sat there with my acoustic guitar and I wrote and wrote and wrote …now able to see the world with growing clarity as the ice melted. Colours burned brighter, orchestras played in my head. I felt so alive, I could taste it. Songs poured out of me. Danny McNamara is lead singer of the band Embrace http://www.embrace.co.uk/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/1528799933288-R9HEP94ATBXE8GT7CO8S/Pete+G+_+Studio.jpg The Twisted Rose and other lives - Solace 150 x 75 cm acrylic on canvas In 2008 Pete was the victim of a robbery and murder attempt in South Africa. At the time, he thought he had processed the event in a healthy way, and believed he was in a good place. This was far from the truth. His interpretation of the world was slowly evolving, seeing it as a place of danger and leaving him with feelings of deep mistrust. The impact of earlier traumas were also starting to rise to the surface. In 2015 the symptoms of PTSD had escalated to a point where he was in a constant state of fight or flight, experiencing severe anxiety whilst performing the most mundane of daily tasks. As he says, “In truth, I am learning through my recovery process the exact consequences of not dealing with the trauma earlier on”. Pete has found his solace at high altitude, an experience where being present is a pre-requisite for survival. He is attempting to conqueror the Seven Summits – the highest mountain on each continent. In his words “Mountaineering has become more than a passion for me, it is a pinnacle of self-expression, a pathway to self-actualisation where I feel capable of becoming the truest version of myself. The biggest enemy is stillness in terms of PTSD. Solace at high altitude comes in the form of needing to be present 24/7 - whether that be gruelling nature of these expeditions, the breath-taking scenery...not sure...what I do know is up there I feel a lot safer than down here”. Andy chose Everest as the focus for the painting, because as Pete says “Everest - it's where I'm heading, and one way or another I'll get up there. All these other mountains are a prelude. That's my redemption, the ultimate solace”. You can find more out about Pete’s Seven Summits challenge and fund raising for MIND and the NSPCC via his website 2½ Hemispheres: www.2andh.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/1534259331038-Q533IQCXA1KT9PLOW3DF/Salsa.jpg The Twisted Rose and other lives - Salsa 120cm x 80cm acrylic, graphite and oil on canvas Emil’s trauma relates to abuse he received during his time in Stockholm. It left him feeling empty, lonely, scared, haunted. It is this feeling of alienation and paranoia that Andy sought to capture with an image based on Sergels torg. This is an area next to Stockholm’s Central Station which in the 1990s was notorious for the drug trade. These grey and oppressive streets are then contrasted with a colourful and vibrant image of a couple dancing the Salsa. The bright colours represent the liberation Emil found when he moved to London. Finding freedom amidst the Salsa bars and pubs of South Kensington. Emil’s response was to say: “I love the bright picture in the painting. So colourful and happy! It very much makes me think of that night. It gives hope”. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/1537883854622-WXKOBK3AZNYWZN4NUC5Z/He+will+remember+them+v2.jpg The Twisted Rose and other lives - He will remember them 100cm x 80cm acrylic and oil on canvas The inspiration for this painting was a friend’s reminiscences of his grandfather. He remembered his hours of silent contemplation in his allotment, where he was visited by his lost comrades. Our understanding of PTSD starts with WW1. The psychological impact of life in the trenches was badly misunderstood. Initially the effects were thought to be physiological due to proximity to shells exploding – hence the term shell shock or treated as evidence of cowardice and malingering. In some tragic cases even leading to execution. One of the problems after that war, and all conflicts, is the difficult of talking to people about what happened. What do people who were not there actually want to hear? While relatives want details of time and place in order to make meaning out of their loss, do they want to know that the loved one’s body had been blown apart, or had lain rotting unburied for days? There is a ‘natural tendency to repress, being in my experience almost universally fostered by … relatives and friends’ [W H Rivers]. The title is drawn from Lawrence Binyon’s iconic poem “For the fallen” They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/1537884193473-BJE9YCEH7MHCKEMNV9SY/Mark+.jpg The Twisted Rose and other lives - Alchemy & Phoenix 65cm x 80cm x 2 acrylic and oil on canvas Mark was a successful chef working in Michelin starred restaurants. He had a drive and ambition to be the best, which lead him to work harder and harder. Unfortunately, the adrenalin intensity which fuelled his culinary creativity spiralled out of control. Instead of riding high his life became a revolving door of hell. For six years his life switched between successful chef and hospital. Two years ago, Mark’s changed the direction of his life, and he now works as a mental health nurse and support worker, his demons under control. Andy created two paintings based on Mark’s experience: Alchemy was inspired by something Mark mentioned in their discussions. Mark said that he started to feel he was an “invincible chef” able to successfully marry together more and more unexpected flavours – Strawberry and Red Pepper - and was building incredible sculptures out of chocolate. But then as things went out of control one of the voices Mark heard was of a mad scientist. The painting tries to capture this wild fusion of creativity, alchemy and chocolate as his life started to fragment. Phoenix the second painting shows Mark’s re-birth, the mythical bird rising from the embers, or in this chocolate, as a metaphor for his change of direction. � https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/1537883861607-SIZC4KGGJR24NZL3T63J/Peace.jpg The Twisted Rose and other lives - Peace 120cm x 80cm acrylic, graphite and oil on canvas Wayne, an ex-serviceman suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder and depression as a result of what he witnessed in the former Yugoslavia. He was there as part of the UN Protection Force in the 1990s. Since completing active service in 1999 he received no support from the army; he was told “here are your discharge papers, see you later”. Wayne was OK for about ten years, but then everything came to a boil. He ended up having a breakdown and found himself in a mental health ward. He lost his home because he couldn’t pay the rent, and his job due to injury. He had nothing. His recovery started when his Community Psychiatric Nurse introduced him to a local nature reserve that supported people with mental health problems by getting them involved in nature-based projects on the reserve. As Wayne says “I didn’t even know there was a nature reserve where I lived, and I certainly didn’t think that nature could help me in my situation, but I tried it. Now, looking back, if I hadn’t taken that chance, I definitely wouldn’t be here now”. Andy photographed Wayne at the nature reserve where he works as a volunteer. A still proud soldier haunted by the memory of his experiences in Bosnia. The reserve is a place of solace and safety from that world. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/1537883897880-XT61GUMEEQ0SX0YWBP46/The+Man+Inside+v2.jpg The Twisted Rose and other lives - The man inside 80cm x 100cm acrylic and oil on canvas Adam has been a paramedic for more than a decade. The nature of that job means that he has been to many traumatic situations involving death and serious injury. Being a paramedic means you are the most qualified at the scene, you are expected to be in charge, as Adam says: “people look at you for guidance, reassurance and leadership. We are still however people with emotions and like anyone else feel lost at some traumatic jobs, but we can't show any weakness or wanting of help as there is nobody else most of the time … you go into a focused trance of concentration. You isolate and dissociate yourself from the situation. The way I'd describe it is that I'm at the dead centre of someone's worst ever nightmare who's begging for help, and the more I want to go forward to help, the tug of someone else needs you, you're stuck in a mental tug of war of decisions. You dissociate yourself almost like you're in a dream but you are trying to do the best you can. After the event, you then process and recap what the hell has just happened, did I do everything right, could I have done anything different, but you can only remember snippets, and they are probably not accurate. That 2 hour ordeal you attended, has left only 5 minutes of memory, you forget most of it, you then worry that you should've done more or you missed something. Then you attend another one and it repeats. When Andy first approached Adam, the idea was that any painting would be anonymous, so people couldn’t identify him, but in order to tell his story Andy wanted to show the man inside the uniform. Adam and his wife agreed that by doing so it could be a good way to get people talking and open up. In Adam’s words: … underneath the mask of a uniform, we are all still regular people. We have emotions and that at the jobs where we are either helpless to assist people, maybe down to scope of practice, or deep down because we know what we are doing is sometimes futile, we carry on. Unfortunately, on occasions we carry these stresses on with us too. We often care more about other’s emotions and wellbeing more than own. I believe it's not just the Ambulance Service staff that can be affected this way but also the Police and Fire Brigade. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/1537897262904-TRCTGE7S0QCCBWRRNTVJ/Little+Sue.jpg The Twisted Rose and other lives - Little Sue 900cm x 120cm acrylic and oil on canvas Sue is a keen gardener and she likens her recovery to that of a seed which had over the years, been bruised and beaten and denied the sustenance it needed to grow. At times it had gasped for breath and searched desperately for water so that it might at least remain intact, but the environment around it was often barren, and yet somehow it managed to survive all those years in the wilderness. Her trauma had left her feeling disempowered, dehumanised, re-traumatised, hopeless, isolated, ashamed, terrified, guilty and angry, but most of all desperate. Medication only made matters worse, as if she was slowly being suffocated in a sea of feathers. For years she searched for a gardener and the right environment where that seed could be nurtured. Until she realised the head gardener was herself. And whilst it has taken every ounce of courage and strength that she possessed she has gradually found ways to nurture that seed allowing it to spread its roots, to grow and to flourish. But as she says “ I didn’t do it alone - there have been “other gardeners” - my children, my friends, my work colleagues, my peers and my therapists - whose courage, strength and love for me have enabled me in one way or another to feel safe, in control and a valuable member of the human race … However there is one more gardener who I must not forget to mention – without her courage, strength and love I would not be here today, writing this piece. That other gardener is the little Sue who kept that seed alive with her bravery, sheer stubbornness and outright bloody-mindedness, and managed to survive the horrors she was subjected to.” It is “Little Sue” we see in the painting nurturing the warrior seed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/1537898408099-HNRJU0R8H6AEZES1EN4C/IMG_0671.jpg The Twisted Rose and other lives - Dragon Heart 90cm x 120 cm Oil and acrylic on canvas Marissa’s experience of personal trauma stems from the pregnancy and birth of her daughter Gretel. She carried her for 20 weeks knowing that her baby was suffering from a life-threatening heart condition. Birth was a bitter sweet experience, with the constant fear of her child’s fragility. The world became grey and monochrome, full of fears and uncertainty. Heightened with memories and flashbacks triggered by bleeping monitors and sirens. Marissa’s personal recovery is epitomised by colour. Colour coming into her daughter’s body and into Marissa’s world. The painting features a picture taken of Gretel wearing a dragon costume. This was used by the British Heart Foundation in a national fundraising campaign – Ramp up the Red. The image of Marissa holding a monochrome heart rather than her baby was based on Marissa’s recollections of her strength, courage, determination, resilience, but also vulnerability. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/1538737846986-912M726614NHZHC78P0A/Album.jpg The Twisted Rose and other lives - Album 80 x 60cm Oil and acrylic on canvas Sandra’s painting is deeply personal and the result of an extremely traumatic experience, and many years of trying to come to terms with that experience. Thirty years ago, her first two children were murdered by her husband who also committed suicide. This event was the culmination of years of serious physical, sexual and psychological abuse. Sandra remarried and had a second family. For many years she tried to hide the pain of the grief and her sense of guilt for not being able to protect her children. But through a combination of a physical injury which prevented her from playing sport, which had been her coping mechanism, and the death of her father her symptoms escalated out of control. However, with the help of Stephen Regel and the team at the Centre for Trauma, Resilience and Growth she has become stronger, in her own words: “Now I am stronger. I don’t feel guilty at all. I can see a light at the end of the tunnel…one of the biggest things I have achieved, and it has taken me 23 years, is I have put an album together of my first two children. I am going to put the photographs of all the children on the wall in my dining room. I haven’t got any photographs up of my first two children, I haven’t got any of my two grown up children either, because I felt guilty”. When Andy read Sandra’s story he suggested creating a painting that featured all her children as a way of both celebrating and commemorating her family. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/1551958109845-E5B7BR31B10P2BMIS2M7/Alegria.jpg The Twisted Rose and other lives - Alegria 120 x 90 cm Oil and Acrylic on Canvas, 2019 Susana had a difficult childhood in Spain. Growing up speaking her mind wasn't always easy or safe. She would hide in her bedroom and escape into an imaginary world she could control. She learnt to supress many unexpressed thoughts, feelings and emotions that bubbled under the surface. Whilst this enabled her to cope with day to day reality, now as an adult she has come to realise that this coping mechanism was in fact the beginning of her sense of self slowly fading. She felt she was losing herself. Finding a way to express herself creatively has been something that she has been striving to do her entire life. Through the years she has looked for different outlets that would allow her to find her voice - writing fiction, journaling, drawing, and painting, but it is through photography that she has found her outlet. Alegria is based on one from a series of photographs that Susana took of herself, as she says: “They don't follow a preconceived idea, aesthetic or script - they are simply the result of me stepping in front of the camera and moving on instinct… These spontaneous photographs are the first attempt at self-expression that I consider a personal success. Although I didn't know it at the time, by standing in front of a lens and removing my clothes and all distractions I was able to really look within - which then gave me the confidence me to gradually start showing others what I saw” To anyone feeling lost or struggling with who they are, try picking up a camera to explore the world around you. Talk to strangers and the people in your life, photograph them, and also point the camera at yourself. Photography is a great equalizer and you will probably find a bit of yourself in there. And, in time, the images that the camera reflects back to you will clearly and unequivocally show you what has been there all along”. The painting is combined with a photograph taken at a funfair when she was about 9. Susana remembers this scene because it was from a brief period which was “the happiest in my life … I had a tonne of friends, was doing great at school, even had a 'boyfriend', and was generally a happy go lucky child … the word at the top reads Alegria - Joy in English” "The greatest hazard of all, losing one's self, can occur very quietly in the world, as if it were nothing at all. No other loss can occur so quietly; any other loss - an arm, a leg, five dollars, a wife, etc. - is sure to be noticed." Søren Kierkegaard https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/1551958111359-J0KTOFJV2PB9WAIHGQEZ/Cosmos.jpg The Twisted Rose and other lives - Cosmos 120 x 90 cm Oil and Acrylic on Canvas, 2019 Anna is a life coach who specialises in self-esteem. The painting is inspired by the roller-coaster of emotions that Anna herself dealt with following mental abuse, threats, divorce, and low self-esteem. She has been able to overcome these through meditation. One particular image she uses is to imagine herself leaving her body and floating into the universe. Once there she visualises handing over her pain, sadness, and worries to the universe, trusting that the universe will provide her with the right answer. As Anna says: “Every time I feel sad, frustrated, worried or even happy, I return to this safe place, my universe to ask for peace of mind, to say thanks, to reconnect or just to feel the immensity of life around me.” By learning to love herself, and to reconnect with a damaged inner child, she has been able to forgive and grow. The photograph used for this painting was taken by Anna’s friend Susana, a photographer, whose self-portrait forms the basis of the painting Alegria. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/1551958120873-F3OOND8CHULC107LDKUY/Daylight.jpg The Twisted Rose and other lives - Daylight 120 x 80 cm Oil and Acrylic on Canvas, 2019 Mark is a Detective Sgt. in the police. Whilst through his work he is exposed to traumatic events, his mental health issues stem from sexual abuse as a child and the Warrington bombings. Mark now speaks out about his experiences within the police and more widely: “I have been delivering a presentation to colleagues (and recently the NHS) on my experiences of abuse and suppression and the more I have spoken about things, the less emotional impact they have on me …”' He believes that daylight is a powerful disinfectant, and that suppression causes severe damage to people. Within his work when debriefing traumatic incidents, he tries to emphasise how useful it is to get things out in the open by talking about them. As he says “From my own perspective, I have always thought about what I did as being suppression, putting things in a box and sealing the box. Unfortunately, boxes leak and it is my firm belief that those leaks are what caused me to develop MH problems. I felt for a long time like it was poisoning me.” The idea of lifting the lid on his ‘box’ and letting the daylight in was the start point for this painting. Mark’s box is a bit battered now, but back in the past it was a dark, dangerous, leaky and toxic place. As the light is let in those dark and toxic thoughts are replaced with positive experiences such as being on Arran, on a boat, by the sea. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/1551958123794-TFDNQQNJS1FYM1Z7BK4D/M123+6075.jpg The Twisted Rose and other lives - Mother 3 X 60 x 75 cm Acrylic on Canvas, 2019 Vicky’s personal story of trauma stems from experiencing two miscarriages, one of which required a surgical procedure. Vicky had little understanding of miscarriage prior to her experience and as a result found the emotional loss and physical pain very distressing. Following the miscarriages, Vicky was able to give birth to a daughter. However, during the pregnancy, there were signs of miscarriage again, and Vicky thought she was losing her baby. This experience and an admission to special care shortly after her daughter was born caused a great deal of anxiety for Vicky who often still feels her daughter will be taken way. One in four pregnancies end in miscarriage, however despite these statistics, miscarriage is often not talked about. By being involved in this exhibition, Vicky hopes to raise awareness, and inspire hope for those who may experience a miscarriage. Andy wanted to represent Vicky’s sense of loss by portraying her in the style of three studio “Mother and Baby” photographs. The paintings are based on a series of photographs taken of Vicky with and without her daughter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/1562333773997-IU89RXL2X68DZ45M0XDE/I+Cope.png The Twisted Rose and other lives - I Cope 100 x 75 cm Oil on Canvas, 2019, based on an original poem by Laura, more of her work can be found on Instagram @laurawritespoems … I hid the girl, she was crying and weak, it was for her own good, that I buried her deep. With spiritless limbs, and a broken mind, gasping for breath, she was easily confined. Desperately she begged, to be carried a little further, to be comforted in a place, where nobody could hurt her. We had walked too far, so I cradled her for the final time in my arms, and I lay her in a place, away from this harm. She didn't stay silent, she cried out from time to time, she reminded me that her hurt, was also mine. Inside of me, she manifested herself as physical pain, she tormented me with truth, until I blacked out again. She was haunting me, seemingly intent on my decline, but I was coping, I was fine. I built a persona, to defy her existence, I lived out my lie, by creating distance. I carried the weight of that girl, I hid her behind my back, I focussed my mind, I stayed on track. I flew solo, I prided myself on being insular, I created my own, unreachable peninsular. I carried the girl, as I collected my grades, as I pushed away, the few real friends I had made. I carried her, though with increasing fatigue, I presented great confidence, but I battled low self esteem. I coped, in the face of unimaginable pain, I had buried her, so I could live again. I managed, I could deal with whatever life threw, though inside me I screamed; 'if only you knew!' I was drowning in the deep end, but it looked like I could swim, how could I be struggling, when I'd consistently win. I lived out that persona, with an air of hostility, I treated those who didn't cope, with complete lack of sympathy. I was a warrior, with an overwhelming desire for embrace, though I was tensed by touch, in every case. I wanted to drop the ball, to let everyone see, that this wasn't, who I was meant to be. I'm not cold, I'm not working eighty-five hours for fun, I'm not really staying here, because I'm not done. I'm not awake all night, for lack of time, I'm blocking, all these thoughts of mine. It's not unremitting energy, I'm not superhuman, but you'll understand, why I create that illusion. I'm fine, I repeat my life-long mantra, I see you buy in, to my optimistic propaganda. I cope, I carry this girl though my body is tired, I carry her, because I do what's required. 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The title was taken from an ironic name for Silvena's cat, making an allusion to the famous Hockney painting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/1589558806579-GKSCX7IUNLUUR8M9SD07/Waiting+sml+file.jpg Portfolio - Waiting (Copy) Waiting 75 x 60 cm Oil on canvas Waiting & Isolation Series £590 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/1665135816431-K7XVF684AULA2KAJCE98/I+Cope.jpg Portfolio - I Cope (Copy) I Cope Oil on Canvas, 2019, based on an original poem by Laura, more of her work can be found on Instagram @laurawritespoems https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/1665136114425-64TJNI8NKGBMAK4WDWNJ/Silvena+study.jpg Portfolio - Silvena (Copy) Silvena https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/1594571305579-MQU9603BT0OSKI4664JZ/Sonata+f2.jpg Portfolio - Sonata (Copy) Sonata 90 x 120cm Oil on Canvas £2,480 This painting is a reflection on the world as it emerges from lockdown. What will become of live venues? The painting is based on photograph of a now demolished theatre in Ohio by Matt Lambros. The work is intentionally ambiguous, both optimistic with the light coming in, and also sad with the ghost-like qualities and the darker areas with suggestive of the past reminisce and what had once been in a great venue. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/1570205562486-7WM7FBSIE5OFBT9ZU1CM/Dark.jpg Portfolio - Dark (Copy) Dark 100 x 120cm Oil and Acrylic on canvas £1950 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/1540286910909-7CSNL0NOOORPY4WYG7AV/Visitor.jpg Portfolio - Visitor (Copy) Visitor 150 × 120 cm Oil and acrylic on canvas £ 1950 available 2017 Memories series https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/1540286917585-SKA7SRKWL56RW15GTYNM/Welcome.jpg Portfolio - Welcome (Copy) Welcome 150 × 120 cm Oil and acrylic on canvas £ 1950 available 2017 Memories series https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/1539878229402-CCC6L3E91A33G52Y7Z5Q/New+School.jpg 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Black Dog Series https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/1539878253521-M16O2V76G96S2SKUHTI8/Swing.jpg Portfolio - Swing (Copy) Swing 150 × 120 cm Oil, Acrylic and Graphite powder on Canvas £ 2,500 2017 Black Dog series https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/1539878225474-GX3YXO2UTJU1LG6E12H9/Miranda.jpg Portfolio - Miranda (Copy) Miranda 100 x 80cm Oil and acrylic on canvas £ 1,250 available 2017 Black Dog series https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/1539878239044-5243XUD7XHFMJ9BXGHXP/Platform.jpg Portfolio - Platform (Copy) Platform 90 x 120cm Oil, Acrylic and Graphite powder on Canvas £ 1,750 2017 Black Dog series https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/1539878253521-M16O2V76G96S2SKUHTI8/Swing.jpg Portfolio - Swing (Copy) Swing 150 × 120 cm Oil, Acrylic and Graphite powder on Canvas £ 2,500 available 2017 Black Dog series 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One of the first things Jess said at the start of the project was “I have this amazing little boy and a brilliant, supportive husband, but I feel I’m not living in the moment and enjoying what I have as I’m constantly riddled with anxiety and low mood.” There was a real sense that she should not be feeling as she did. As we talked more, she mentioned the idea of starting to live again’ - I asked her to describe what that feeling would be like? Did she had an image of how that might feel in her head? Could she visualise it? The idea for the painting came directly from her response … I think everything would be as it is but brighter, and I would feel lighter. Almost as if I’m currently living in black and white, my shoulders feel heavy with weight of my head. I suppose I mean it is like living in an old black and white film, when I want to be in technicolour – if that makes sense! I think I said before I would change absolutely nothing about my life, I love the life I’ve created for myself, I just wish my demons would keep at bay so I can enjoy it. Did you ever see that film, Pleasantville? Everything started off in black & white, then gradually as the film went on the characters and their surroundings started going colourful as they rebelled or essentially started living. This all gelled with a sense that Jess felt trapped in her home … I wanted to create a painting that captured this sense of rising up – of the weight being removed and her breaking free – again I felt the painting would be more powerful if she herself were the person rising up – she echoed the comments of many of the participants – The idea of me being in it sounds very scary, I avoid photos, so a painting seems even more scary. However, my husband says I’ve come this far lol so I should go for it. JESS and ZARA are now working on a series of PODCASTs entitled “Mum’s unscripted” – with the goal of allowing Mum’s to know they are not alone … and that there is no shame attached to their feelings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/1603445116064-8WUK84318X513BJ3TY9C/Cafe.jpg Portraits of Isolation - Café I spoke to “Ian” for a long time on the phone quite early on in lockdown. He talked about missing his favourite café and missing being around people. He also mentioned liking paintings he liked by the impressionist painters. I spent some time looking at paintings by Monet and Renoir and the idea that struck me was how different some of those pictures might have looked if the people in them were “social distancing”. I decided to create a painting that portrayed this. It is based on one of Renoir’s called the Luncheon of the Boating Party. My version shows the scene with just a few people, maybe sad, but I think they are at peace with the situation, and optimistic of better times to come. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/1603364474449-FRQGGBNH4C4RBXQG7WMZ/Yellow+Dress_SWAC.jpg Portraits of Isolation - Portrait of Isolation J was one of the first people I exchanged emails with - her emails were very stark – missing friends and fearing for the safety of her family - and feeling the days merging into one. Of all the paintings this is probably the darkest … although … and this was a subconscious inclusion I hadn’t realised until Justine, who had also been struggling herself at times during lockdown, sent me this poem, and she describes Yellow as a colour of Hope. Yellow Dress of Hope The cloth can't hide me caving in upon myself, Nowhere to go, nobody to see... I might as well be naked, dumb, mute. Falling backwards into a black hole of daily stats, numbers The relentless news of deaths, survivors, tragedies, Wrestling with it all in a twilight world Each day morphs into the next, An unbroken routine, wrenched from the life I knew I feel like neither man nor woman Only the meagre stool I sit on grounds me Angular and awkward, my tired body tries to find some comfort, peace, While my mind cannot. Even my hands have grown a new dimension To cradle my ponderous head I despair, Yet I still wear my yellow dress of hope. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/1603976210549-UH9JNL30W93WG8VE0WJQ/Hope.jpg Portraits of Isolation - Hope This painting is another inspired by meditation Sharif’s initial feelings about Covid were a concern that he might be dragged back to face demons from his past – after about three weeks he started to accept that this would last a while – and that strangely others were experiencing some of the anxiety that he was feeling - part of that acceptance was his use of meditation journeys For him he would focus on: · nature · and raindrops falling on a roof · and water · listening to the sea … and as we can see here seeing the light emerging through the trees in the forest Painting is called HOPE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/1603975870274-S1H494DT6NANVD37VGHB/Regeneration.jpg Portraits of Isolation - Regeneration This painting is unusual in that it is painted over another painting! Based on our early conversations I created a painting that was too dark and pessimistic – too stark – wrong artistic direction At that point Katie pulled back from the project to focus on her recovery. However there was one element of the first painting that Katie related to – the lotus flower - symbolic for its beauty – but also because they only grow in muddy water – it is a metaphor for facing challenges and troubles – necessary to bloom So, I painted over the first painting and tried to create something more metaphorical and hopeful, and shared that with her later …. Fortunately, Katie’s reaction to this work was much more positive – and she has shared the picture with her therapist as a thankyou for their input to her recovery. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/1603445443844-3NPM6PWESG7H0IWRDKH9/Washing.jpg Portraits of Isolation - Wash Your Hands! This painting highlights the law of unintended consequences. The subject of the paintings has struggling with OCD for many years - driven by the fear of being unclean and becoming contaminated by dirt and germs – leading to excessing handwashing - at times chapped and red raw with the over washing. Something they had gotten under control – with a mix of medication and techniques including CBT … until Covid allowed the OCD to thrive and the hand washing to recommence.– sadly years of professional help, medication and family support had been undermined. Sometimes the idea for a painting comes straightaway – when we talked about the red, raw chapped hands I instantly thought of the visceral paintings of Jenny Saville RESPONSE : I feel you have completely reflected the inward struggles through the symbol of the hands. The colours also reflect the soreness of the hands and the turmoil of the mind. The viewer clearly knows there is angst in the narrative of the painting I am completely blown away by it. This is a link to a BBC piece about managing anxiety and OCD during the pandemic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/1603976052854-3PP83ENDSMPVDTILVDYU/Recovery.jpg Portraits of Isolation - Recovery Chik is one of the participants on the Q&A – I first talked to him not long after he was discharged from Papworth having recovered from Covid. His story is best portrayed in his own words. This poem below sums up his experience – but also his anger at his treatment – that was symptomatic of much that was wrong with our initial response Covid. The painting references elements of his experience: - The initial confusion as the epidemic took control - His treatment from the amazing staff at Papworth - The strength he drew from his Rugby playing - The Gara is emblematic of his Sierra Leonean ancestry. Survived.....Needlessly died by Chikezie Knox-Macaulay I lay To catch a breath But the words echo From Doctor Death. Over 20 years NHS worked Each year many lives saved But that fateful day, March 23rd My life was nearly paid Management consumed in a panic I was thrust into the unknown Now lying in ICU, Papworth No family, all alone God alone knows Why I survived Ancestors? Rugby? Sheer will? Not to ever forget those, who needlessly died Fight, to stay alive Fight, against those whose lied Fight, for family justice Fight, for every soul that needlessly died https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/1603975788341-0RYPEMZGLKLRUK5HSW4T/The+Puppeteer.jpg Portraits of Isolation - The Puppeteer This painting is based on Zara who shared her thoughts and feelings during via a series of emails during lockdown. It conveys the realisation that her anxiety was not bigger than her. That she was in control – she was the puppeteer – initially a scary thought, but ultimately empowering – and a source of HOPE Unlike the hand-washing painting where the idea emerged very quickly, with Zara it was a much more iterative process – where she shared her thoughts and feelings – and I would follow up with questions. Thus creating this painting became a journey of self-discovery. Leading ultimately to the idea of a Puppeteer. This was something Zara mentioned quite early in our dialogue – but the key moment was when I asked her “who was the puppeteer”. From there the idea for the painting emerged. I asked her how she felt about being “in” the painting – something I felt would make the piece more powerful and personal – but also, I knew is a big step psychologically and emotionally. It is the point when the painting moves from third to first person. When the painting becomes about you and not just an abstract idea. Zara has recorded her thoughts about the experience – one thing she said, that will resonate with many people, is “sometimes you think you are screaming – but you don’t realise that others don’t realise” – so share – its OK to have feelings. I will be adding a link to Zara’s recorded comments, and to the Podcast she has made with Jess - “Mum’s unscripted” – with the goal of allowing Mum’s to know they are not alone … and that there is no shame attached to their feelings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/1603976111959-EK0BR825J3YA40C47F1E/Namaste.jpg Portraits of Isolation - Namaste One of the first things Vijya said to me was that lockdown made her feel like she was in prison – “what have I done wrong” She was finding sleep hard to find, because of her thoughts, frustration and anger and agitation –“Just Worry” As a way of combating her agitation Vijya uses meditation – and she described a vision she had whilst meditating, a scene of moonlit still dark water, a lake or river - with a silhouette of trees in far banks, left of water an image of Lord Krishna with hands in form of ‘namaste’ as if immersed to the waist in the water at the front of this scene. She added “It was as if I was immersed in the middle of the water myself – next to Lord Krishna – as there was shore or bank except on the other side where the trees were and the moon shining bright just above almost central but more to the left past the trees”. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/1609608212758-H6ERYQ5TFLNUHUIK7J5X/PofI_youtube.jpg Portraits of Isolation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/1603365861389-2N9TX8ZJLF31NVX1J171/Isolation.jpg Portraits of Isolation - Absence In some ways this painting speaks for itself. P a keen gardener felt more than anything the absence of his grandchildren from his garden. I discussed with him the idea of painting his garden but with the absent children - there in his memories – but not there. Whilst this painting may again seem bleak, he has sent me some more recent picture of the now re-inhabited, happy garden – and I have promised to do another version of this painting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/1603976371822-8PD8L9MF4UT0XR6QYP1W/FREEDOM.jpg Portraits of Isolation - Freedom At the start of my conversations with Elle she threw me a curved ball – she said she had an image in her head – a picture – but that she wasn’t going to tell me what it was!! After we’d shared many emails and a video conference I knew that the painting needed to be about the idea of escape – at which point she relented and she described a white horse freeing itself from its shackles – how many horses can you see … For Elle in some way’s lockdown has been a positive thing – an unasked-for opportunity to stop the treadmill and reflect. She has been running away and hiding many of her feelings for a long time – as she put it Running wild but never free … Trying for a long time to come to terms with feelings of shame and guilt – but these last few months – and being part of this project, has allowed her to let go of that shame and guilt – as she says “freeing my soul and allowing me to be me” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/1603975389808-0ZFRKMWGB1IPIJBX6UYM/Sonata.jpg Portraits of Isolation - Sonata This painting is based on my own feelings about lockdown, and in particular the fate of live events. Will the piano be played again? What will become of live venues? The painting is based on a photograph of a now demolished theatre. The work is intentionally ambiguous, both optimistic with light coming in, and also sad with ghost-like qualities and the darker areas with suggestive of the past reminisce and what had once been in a great venue https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/1603445116064-8WUK84318X513BJ3TY9C/Cafe.jpg Portraits of Isolation - Café I spoke to “Ian” for a long time on the phone quite early on in lockdown. He talked about missing his favourite café and missing being around people. He also mentioned liking paintings he liked by the impressionist painters. I spent some time looking at paintings by Monet and Renoir and the idea that struck me was how different some of those pictures might have looked if the people in them were “social distancing”. I decided to create a painting that portrayed this. It is based on one of Renoir’s called the Luncheon of the Boating Party. My version shows the scene with just a few people, maybe sad, but I think they are at peace with the situation, and optimistic of better times to come. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/1603364474449-FRQGGBNH4C4RBXQG7WMZ/Yellow+Dress_SWAC.jpg Portraits of Isolation - Portrait of Isolation J was one of the first people I exchanged emails with - her emails were very stark – missing friends and fearing for the safety of her family - and feeling the days merging into one. Of all the paintings this is probably the darkest … although … and this was a subconscious inclusion I hadn’t realised until Justine, who had also been struggling herself at times during lockdown, sent me this poem, and she describes Yellow as a colour of Hope. Yellow Dress of Hope The cloth can't hide me caving in upon myself, Nowhere to go, nobody to see... I might as well be naked, dumb, mute. Falling backwards into a black hole of daily stats, numbers The relentless news of deaths, survivors, tragedies, Wrestling with it all in a twilight world Each day morphs into the next, An unbroken routine, wrenched from the life I knew I feel like neither man nor woman Only the meagre stool I sit on grounds me Angular and awkward, my tired body tries to find some comfort, peace, While my mind cannot. Even my hands have grown a new dimension To cradle my ponderous head I despair, Yet I still wear my yellow dress of hope. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/1603976111959-EK0BR825J3YA40C47F1E/Namaste.jpg Portraits of Isolation - Namaste One of the first things Vijya said to me was that lockdown made her feel like she was in prison – “what have I done wrong” She was finding sleep hard to find, because of her thoughts, frustration and anger and agitation –“Just Worry” As a way of combating her agitation Vijya uses meditation – and she described a vision she had whilst meditating, a scene of moonlit still dark water, a lake or river - with a silhouette of trees in far banks, left of water an image of Lord Krishna with hands in form of ‘namaste’ as if immersed to the waist in the water at the front of this scene. She added “It was as if I was immersed in the middle of the water myself – next to Lord Krishna – as there was shore or bank except on the other side where the trees were and the moon shining bright just above almost central but more to the left past the trees”. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/1599745538711-Y98CE48A5RY36YJ5P5XV/Yellow+Dress.jpg Portraits of Isolation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/1599745494394-57WZ3LMB9UTU5JS3WHQS/Regeneration.jpg Portraits of Isolation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/1599745523363-BZZML1BKYMZ157IF0YMF/The+Puppeteer.jpg Portraits of Isolation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/1599745522755-8BHTU1BR41TFKO8Y03AS/Sonata.jpg Portraits of Isolation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/1599745437841-0Z68SY1GVUKCD5ZASF1N/Fight+back.jpg Portraits of Isolation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/1599745473678-IMWSDFTSXOU3THAWH67P/Freedom.jpg Portraits of Isolation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/1599745451243-14RXTEFDM756YC6DB8HI/Cafe+2020.jpg Portraits of Isolation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/1599745451888-KLKZG0H6NJGVUZ4M76EC/Forest+25Jun.jpg Portraits of Isolation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/1599745540751-YKJO4SLYL0KIE35PR8HT/Wash.jpg Portraits of Isolation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/1599745494653-871Y2CGK05XPO1WYQYYE/Rise+Up%21.jpg Portraits of Isolation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/1599745470892-HIPDHR9BP1WWXJQSYMGL/Namaste.jpg Portraits of Isolation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/1599745461923-HLFGG4GCUS9UCFDTKNBE/Isolation.jpg Portraits of Isolation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/1603445443844-3NPM6PWESG7H0IWRDKH9/Washing.jpg Portraits of Isolation - Wash Your Hands! This painting highlights the law of unintended consequences. The subject of the paintings has struggling with OCD for many years - driven by the fear of being unclean and becoming contaminated by dirt and germs – leading to excessing handwashing - at times chapped and red raw with the over washing. Something they had gotten under control – with a mix of medication and techniques including CBT … until Covid allowed the OCD to thrive and the hand washing to recommence.– sadly years of professional help, medication and family support had been undermined. Sometimes the idea for a painting comes straightaway – when we talked about the red, raw chapped hands I instantly thought of the visceral paintings of Jenny Saville RESPONSE : I feel you have completely reflected the inward struggles through the symbol of the hands. The colours also reflect the soreness of the hands and the turmoil of the mind. The viewer clearly knows there is angst in the narrative of the painting I am completely blown away by it. This is a link to a BBC piece about managing anxiety and OCD during the pandemic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/1603976210549-UH9JNL30W93WG8VE0WJQ/Hope.jpg Portraits of Isolation - Hope This painting is another inspired by meditation Sharif’s initial feelings about Covid were a concern that he might be dragged back to face demons from his past – after about three weeks he started to accept that this would last a while – and that strangely others were experiencing some of the anxiety that he was feeling - part of that acceptance was his use of meditation journeys For him he would focus on: · nature · and raindrops falling on a roof · and water · listening to the sea … and as we can see here seeing the light emerging through the trees in the forest Painting is called HOPE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/1603975870274-S1H494DT6NANVD37VGHB/Regeneration.jpg Portraits of Isolation - Regeneration This painting is unusual in that it is painted over another painting! Based on our early conversations I created a painting that was too dark and pessimistic – too stark – wrong artistic direction At that point Katie pulled back from the project to focus on her recovery. However there was one element of the first painting that Katie related to – the lotus flower - symbolic for its beauty – but also because they only grow in muddy water – it is a metaphor for facing challenges and troubles – necessary to bloom So, I painted over the first painting and tried to create something more metaphorical and hopeful, and shared that with her later …. Fortunately, Katie’s reaction to this work was much more positive – and she has shared the picture with her therapist as a thankyou for their input to her recovery. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/1609608212758-H6ERYQ5TFLNUHUIK7J5X/PofI_youtube.jpg Portraits of Isolation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/1603975389808-0ZFRKMWGB1IPIJBX6UYM/Sonata.jpg Portraits of Isolation - Sonata This painting is based on my own feelings about lockdown, and in particular the fate of live events. Will the piano be played again? What will become of live venues? The painting is based on a photograph of a now demolished theatre. The work is intentionally ambiguous, both optimistic with light coming in, and also sad with ghost-like qualities and the darker areas with suggestive of the past reminisce and what had once been in a great venue https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/1603976420694-QPZINJ4L8SA69KV5BKB0/Rise+Up%21.jpg Portraits of Isolation - Rise Up! One of the first things Jess said at the start of the project was “I have this amazing little boy and a brilliant, supportive husband, but I feel I’m not living in the moment and enjoying what I have as I’m constantly riddled with anxiety and low mood.” There was a real sense that she should not be feeling as she did. As we talked more, she mentioned the idea of starting to live again’ - I asked her to describe what that feeling would be like? Did she had an image of how that might feel in her head? Could she visualise it? The idea for the painting came directly from her response … I think everything would be as it is but brighter, and I would feel lighter. Almost as if I’m currently living in black and white, my shoulders feel heavy with weight of my head. I suppose I mean it is like living in an old black and white film, when I want to be in technicolour – if that makes sense! I think I said before I would change absolutely nothing about my life, I love the life I’ve created for myself, I just wish my demons would keep at bay so I can enjoy it. Did you ever see that film, Pleasantville? Everything started off in black & white, then gradually as the film went on the characters and their surroundings started going colourful as they rebelled or essentially started living. This all gelled with a sense that Jess felt trapped in her home … I wanted to create a painting that captured this sense of rising up – of the weight being removed and her breaking free – again I felt the painting would be more powerful if she herself were the person rising up – she echoed the comments of many of the participants – The idea of me being in it sounds very scary, I avoid photos, so a painting seems even more scary. However, my husband says I’ve come this far lol so I should go for it. JESS and ZARA are now working on a series of PODCASTs entitled “Mum’s unscripted” – with the goal of allowing Mum’s to know they are not alone … and that there is no shame attached to their feelings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/1603976371822-8PD8L9MF4UT0XR6QYP1W/FREEDOM.jpg Portraits of Isolation - Freedom At the start of my conversations with Elle she threw me a curved ball – she said she had an image in her head – a picture – but that she wasn’t going to tell me what it was!! After we’d shared many emails and a video conference I knew that the painting needed to be about the idea of escape – at which point she relented and she described a white horse freeing itself from its shackles – how many horses can you see … For Elle in some way’s lockdown has been a positive thing – an unasked-for opportunity to stop the treadmill and reflect. She has been running away and hiding many of her feelings for a long time – as she put it Running wild but never free … Trying for a long time to come to terms with feelings of shame and guilt – but these last few months – and being part of this project, has allowed her to let go of that shame and guilt – as she says “freeing my soul and allowing me to be me” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/1600596285089-QF30JQR1KO9XDZY5R29K/Framework_logo%2Bstrapline_4c.jpg Portraits of Isolation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/1603975788341-0RYPEMZGLKLRUK5HSW4T/The+Puppeteer.jpg Portraits of Isolation - The Puppeteer This painting is based on Zara who shared her thoughts and feelings during via a series of emails during lockdown. It conveys the realisation that her anxiety was not bigger than her. That she was in control – she was the puppeteer – initially a scary thought, but ultimately empowering – and a source of HOPE Unlike the hand-washing painting where the idea emerged very quickly, with Zara it was a much more iterative process – where she shared her thoughts and feelings – and I would follow up with questions. Thus creating this painting became a journey of self-discovery. Leading ultimately to the idea of a Puppeteer. This was something Zara mentioned quite early in our dialogue – but the key moment was when I asked her “who was the puppeteer”. From there the idea for the painting emerged. I asked her how she felt about being “in” the painting – something I felt would make the piece more powerful and personal – but also, I knew is a big step psychologically and emotionally. It is the point when the painting moves from third to first person. When the painting becomes about you and not just an abstract idea. Zara has recorded her thoughts about the experience – one thing she said, that will resonate with many people, is “sometimes you think you are screaming – but you don’t realise that others don’t realise” – so share – its OK to have feelings. I will be adding a link to Zara’s recorded comments, and to the Podcast she has made with Jess - “Mum’s unscripted” – with the goal of allowing Mum’s to know they are not alone … and that there is no shame attached to their feelings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/1599732854156-3N0V42TY5F2Y61056CSA/wy-colour-logo-do-not-edit.jpg Portraits of Isolation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/1603976052854-3PP83ENDSMPVDTILVDYU/Recovery.jpg Portraits of Isolation - Recovery Chik is one of the participants on the Q&A – I first talked to him not long after he was discharged from Papworth having recovered from Covid. His story is best portrayed in his own words. This poem below sums up his experience – but also his anger at his treatment – that was symptomatic of much that was wrong with our initial response Covid. The painting references elements of his experience: - The initial confusion as the epidemic took control - His treatment from the amazing staff at Papworth - The strength he drew from his Rugby playing - The Gara is emblematic of his Sierra Leonean ancestry. Survived.....Needlessly died by Chikezie Knox-Macaulay I lay To catch a breath But the words echo From Doctor Death. Over 20 years NHS worked Each year many lives saved But that fateful day, March 23rd My life was nearly paid Management consumed in a panic I was thrust into the unknown Now lying in ICU, Papworth No family, all alone God alone knows Why I survived Ancestors? Rugby? Sheer will? Not to ever forget those, who needlessly died Fight, to stay alive Fight, against those whose lied Fight, for family justice Fight, for every soul that needlessly died https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/1603365861389-2N9TX8ZJLF31NVX1J171/Isolation.jpg Portraits of Isolation - Absence In some ways this painting speaks for itself. P a keen gardener felt more than anything the absence of his grandchildren from his garden. I discussed with him the idea of painting his garden but with the absent children - there in his memories – but not there. 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Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/1623076164362-IPYXVM7HGFON1TMMDNHE/Trevor%26Val_10mb.jpg Portraits of Coventry - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/1620919129634-CSDJ72IAD798IIN6YCR2/Steve_final.jpg Portraits of Coventry - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/1625393250751-VFL1FH1VTTLIF39N1582/Liam+15May.jpg Portraits of Coventry - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/be843660-9cd9-4deb-ba88-89c9c4051022/PXL_20220803_075119967_2.jpg Portraits of Coventry - Make it stand out Interview with Phil Upton on BBC CWR Radio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/b3e27446-7375-4f2b-bafb-78e8bcb81a92/IMG-1682.jpg Portraits of Coventry - 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Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/1620919621109-IVOS0N4ZH459RRM2AT0K/Bailo_final.jpg Portraits of Coventry - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/1627658841808-L2NRBIDNZC0LDTZ3RDIB/Dot+sml.jpg Portraits of Coventry - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/1620919333850-YP5JGER6LKAX4G4KLQL1/Daksha_10mb.jpg Portraits of Coventry - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/1625394143312-D873NFUUKRT8DVLIDEH4/Liam+Boxing.jpg Portraits of Coventry - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebc07c29687f93407701b2/1627659009913-FHEMDLZHSG2GL523527K/Rene_sml.jpg Portraits of Coventry - 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Ansel Elkins Josh’s story is complex. He was brought up inside a tight religious community. Taught to “be no part of this world” and to fear everything outside of the organisation. Taught to see those within the religion as special, and anyone outside as corrupt and dangerous. However he started to ask questions and have doubts about elements of the teachings. When he came to the elders of the congregation for help and support, they instructed that he should be disfellowshipped, ostracised by the whole community, shunned, and treated as a pariah, as he was “an instrument of Satan”. His friends or family were prohibited from associating or even speaking with him for fear of being banished themselves. This treatment was intended to ‘encourage’ him to see the error of his ways, repent and seek readmission. After nine months of this treatment he hit rock bottom, depressed and suicidal. Rather than receiving help - counselling or medication, he was told “don’t seek worldly advice, pray more”. This spiral of pain culminated with a hospital admission for self-inflicted injuries. Whilst in hospital, Josh resolved to find a way to be reinstated into the fold, but only so that he could then leave under his own terms. Which is what he did. Once outside the religion he was able to find his freedom, reconnecting both with nature and with childhood friends who had also been forced out of the religion. It was here that he learnt gratitude. Gratitude for what has been given, what has been taken away and what was left behind. It is this journey that Andy’s painting portrays. The dark days when he was told his fall from grace would lead him into the abyss, a dark and empty void. And his awakening, his leap into the unknown where he found his freedom. Where he embraced spirituality in nature, friendship, and love rather than in the strict doctrines of the religion. Josh First draft Josh’s story is complex. He was brought up inside a tight religious community. He was taught to both judge and fear the outside world. Taught to see those within his religious advocates as special. He was encouraged to avoid close association with anyone outside the community. However he started to ask questions and have doubt about elements of the teachings. When this came to the attention of the elders they instructed that he should be ostracised by the whole community, shunned and treated as a pariah, as he was “an instrument of Satan”. His friends or family were prohibited from associating or even speaking with him for fear of being banished themselves. This treatment was intended to “encourage” him to see the error of his ways, repent and seek readmission. After 9 months of this treatment he hit rock bottom, depressed and suicidal. Rather than receiving help - counselling or medication, he was told “don’t seek worldly advice, pray more” This spiral of pain culminated with hospital admission for self-inflicted injuries. Whilst in hospital Josh resolved to find a way to be reinstated into the fold, but only so that he could then leave under his own terms. Which is what he did. Once outside the religion he was able to find his freedom, reconnecting both with nature and with childhood friends who had also been forced out of the sect. It is this journey that Andy’s painting portrays. The dark days when he was told his fall from grace would lead him into the abyss, a dark and empty void. And his awakening, his leap into the unknown where he found his freedom. 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Ansel Elkins Josh’s story is complex. He was brought up inside a tight religious community. Taught to “be no part of this world” and to fear everything outside of the organisation. Taught to see those within the religion as special, and anyone outside as corrupt and dangerous. However he started to ask questions and have doubts about elements of the teachings. When he came to the elders of the congregation for help and support, they instructed that he should be disfellowshipped, ostracised by the whole community, shunned, and treated as a pariah, as he was “an instrument of Satan”. His friends or family were prohibited from associating or even speaking with him for fear of being banished themselves. This treatment was intended to ‘encourage’ him to see the error of his ways, repent and seek readmission. After nine months of this treatment he hit rock bottom, depressed and suicidal. Rather than receiving help - counselling or medication, he was told “don’t seek worldly advice, pray more”. This spiral of pain culminated with a hospital admission for self-inflicted injuries. Whilst in hospital, Josh resolved to find a way to be reinstated into the fold, but only so that he could then leave under his own terms. Which is what he did. Once outside the religion he was able to find his freedom, reconnecting both with nature and with childhood friends who had also been forced out of the religion. It was here that he learnt gratitude. Gratitude for what has been given, what has been taken away and what was left behind. It is this journey that Andy’s painting portrays. The dark days when he was told his fall from grace would lead him into the abyss, a dark and empty void. And his awakening, his leap into the unknown where he found his freedom. Where he embraced spirituality in nature, friendship, and love rather than in the strict doctrines of the religion. Josh First draft Josh’s story is complex. He was brought up inside a tight religious community. He was taught to both judge and fear the outside world. Taught to see those within his religious advocates as special. He was encouraged to avoid close association with anyone outside the community. However he started to ask questions and have doubt about elements of the teachings. When this came to the attention of the elders they instructed that he should be ostracised by the whole community, shunned and treated as a pariah, as he was “an instrument of Satan”. His friends or family were prohibited from associating or even speaking with him for fear of being banished themselves. This treatment was intended to “encourage” him to see the error of his ways, repent and seek readmission. After 9 months of this treatment he hit rock bottom, depressed and suicidal. Rather than receiving help - counselling or medication, he was told “don’t seek worldly advice, pray more” This spiral of pain culminated with hospital admission for self-inflicted injuries. Whilst in hospital Josh resolved to find a way to be reinstated into the fold, but only so that he could then leave under his own terms. Which is what he did. Once outside the religion he was able to find his freedom, reconnecting both with nature and with childhood friends who had also been forced out of the sect. It is this journey that Andy’s painting portrays. The dark days when he was told his fall from grace would lead him into the abyss, a dark and empty void. And his awakening, his leap into the unknown where he found his freedom. 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