“Monroe and Molly’ were popular entertainers in the German spa town of Bad Oeynhausen in the 1920’s. In 1933 they emigrated to England to escape the Nazi regime. This shop window exhibition celebrates the couple, with my contribution being illustrations of dancing shoes and dresses.
The exhibition is curated by Katja Rosenberg of Art Catcher.
For this urban art project, I worked with children in Stoneydown Primary School, London, to create eight large-scale murals on four railway bridges. The themes were ‘William Morris Designs’, ‘Islamic Patterns’, ‘Under the Sea’, ‘Animals’ and ‘Favourite Things’
For ‘Favourite Things’, I painted the youngest children in profile, and they each added a favourite object.
"Youngsters get arty to beat graffiti", as the Waltham Forest Guardian reported at the time.
Funded by The National Lottery, 2007.
This outdoor banner was created for an exhibition on the railings of a square outside Manchester School of Art.
The banner celebrates the Oddfellow societies popular in Manchester in the 19th century, in which workers banded together to help each other financially in times of hardship.
‘Art Kiosk’ for the ‘News from Nowhere’ exhibition at the William Morris Gallery and Lloyd Park, London. This kiosk was in the theatre in the park.
I created prints, rock and a sandcastle, representing Walthamstow becoming a popular resort after global warming has made it ‘Walthamstow-on-Sea’.