About this artwork

“flowers made of heaven’s sky” This is a very close up from a Delphinium.
the flowers have been in bloom for a while, some colors become deeper, others fade. Small brown edges become visible, the beauty of the first decay ….. This is the moment when I probably prefer to photograph many types of flowers and plants When you zoom in on a flower like this, a whole new world is unfolding. I try to paint with photography.
This photo I took in my garden on a day with typical Dutch weather, the sun was hiding behind the clouds wich gave a beautful soft light. Often it is mainly the colors of the flower that fascinate me but in case of Delphinium it is certainly also the shape. Where most flowers are like a sun on top of their stems the flowers of the Delphinium hang together like small caps from their central stem. I so love them.

About Corry

My work is always evolving and all works are based on a philosophy. The photos that I am taking now are, for example, a continuation of the jewelry I made from flowers and plants and these are again a continuation of sustainability works such as the dress of brand labels and the statue of plastic dolls. With the sustainability works I voiced my criticism of society. But because criticism was just too easy for me, I started making the jewelry, I wanted to show how much beauty can be found in nature. A piece of jewelry is a valuable gem with which we make ourselves more beautiful and nature is the perfect place to find these gems, look at the beautiful jewelry of natural tribes! Yet I noticed that not all my spectators, in this fast and busy world, saw just the same that I saw in my jewelry and that’s why I started photographing and enlarging the details wich I find so beautiful. The next step is already applying, where I first criticized, then wanted to show the beauty, I am now working on a series that shows the emptiness that stays behind when we destroy nature the way we do. How much can we do without? But that is still a ’work in progress’.

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Corry was provided with the following page from Newnes’ Pictorial Knowledge Encyclopedia:

Volume 1
The Wonders of Plant Life in Forest,Field and Garden
Bristish Wild Flowers Plate 3

About this artwork

My proposal for this call is made with watercolor paint and several images repeated from the image provided. Due to the influence of this pandemic that is affecting our freedoms so much and also making us a little more lonely, I wanted to convey the idea that something new, different and I hope better is yet to come … It is the idea of ​​the characters looking up. Also the idea of ​​the duplicity of the characters refers to the various personalities that we can develop at different times in our lives. It wants to be a positive and hopeful work.
Empecé a hacer Collage en el confinamiento durante casi más de cuatro meses, en el Collage se unen varias de mis pasiones, revisar papeles, revistas viejas, olvidadas que nadie da uso y que podrían ser tiradas a la basura, me encanta revisar en mercadillos vecinales y después recortarlo y unirlos.

About Elena

My name is Elena Blanco, born in Zaragoza, Spain.
I am a multidisciplinary artist and Mix media art teacher.
I have taught art from a very early age, first painting and restoring the furniture in my family home. Later I dedicated myself to Naive or Naive Art, I have participated in numerous individual and group exhibitions since 1988.
I started my shows in Alcalá de Henares (Madrid), Miranda de Ebro (Burgos), Santander and Portugal.
Some of my awards were:
1 Prize I International Naif Painting Contest Madrid
II Second Honorary Award IV Painting Contest Galileo Galilei Cultural Center
Honorable Mention IV Iberian Salon of Estoril, Portugal.
Currently I am dedicated to teaching courses of various creative activities for the elderly and children: decorative painting on furniture and objects, also watercolor painting to encourage creativity, decorative calligraphy workshops, stamp digging, painting on fabric … Etc …
Due to the pandemic and the confinement of more than three months, I found among my childhood memories my love of Collage.

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Elena was provided with the following page from Newnes’ Pictorial Knowledge Encyclopedia:

Volume 2
The Age of Discovery
The Age of Discovery

About this artwork

I started to think about how flags came about in history. As well as providing a sense of belonging to tribes and native peoples it seemed to me that flags were historically used to claim territory and fight battles. Originally heraldic images were used to identify a particular person and these images were usually depicted as powerful symbols of animals or birds. During my research into my own family history I have found many relatives who have fought for ‘King and country’ believing they must do their duty, many were slain never to return home.

I have base the androgynous character with the long red hair on Queen Boudicca, who predates the use of flags in Britain, but portrays a powerful symbol of war. He/she wears the red cross of saint George who was reputed to slay a dragon. The colour red symbolises the blood that has been spilt in battle and is very prominent on the British flag. Behind the horse-rider are men fighting at Gallipoli in the first world war, depicting another slaughter of human life in the name of victory and ownership of land. The final piece is a mythological montage and is my response to “some old time British flags”.

About Sara

As a an experienced printmaker and painter I use varied methods and materials to convey a sense of history. Evocative layers, creating meaning from my family’s industrial heartlands in the north of England. My work is based on my family history, connections to the past and objects that resonate feelings and emotions of the people who owned them. It is the human story that is interesting to me, often the everyday, overlooked things we take for granted. The human relationships and fortitude which was at the very heart of my ancestors’ survival. The highs and lows of human activity and how the inevitable cycle of birth and death comes to us all.

For more than 20 years Sara has exhibited across South West England and has curated several group and solo shows. Her work is also held in several private collections. She shares a regular platform with the Devon Artist Network (DAN) and South Hams Arts Forum (SHAF), works collaboratively with the Totnes Contemporary Markmakers and has exhibited with the Dartington Printmakers.

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Sara was provided with the following page from Newnes’ Pictorial Knowledge Encyclopedia:

Volume 9
On things that interest you and me.
Some Old time British Flags.

About this artwork

When I had the page that had to inspire me to create my artwork for the virtual exhibition Door to Door UK & Europe on the Art Aviso website on my hands, I took a deep breath. I was really looking forward to starting this new project, I was very excited.

My page was taken from Newnes’ Pictorial Knowledge Encyclopedia, volume 3, of The History of the World and Its Peoples. Its title: A library in chains. Where would it take me? It transported me 250 years ago.

Everything was very different, yes, but there are things that will never change. My art work reflects what reality should be like in the world we live in. Without prejudice, in a world without chains. That is how I wanted to express it and that is what I want to communicate. Maybe it’s a utopia but that’s how I wish it were reality.

About Mariona

I am a restless and very curious person. I find it hard to be idle. I like to experiment because I know it always leads me to enjoy, create, play with materials, shapes and colors. I always enjoy what I do and on a canvas, the possibilities are endless.

I like the effect of working with fabric. Volume, perspective and a different point of view. From time to time, I work with other materials like cotton thread. Hardening the materials gives me the opportunity to immortalize my works, created at the right time.

I am lucky to live surrounded by nature and tranquility in Alt Penedès, in Catalonia. Land of beautiful vineyards and fantastic landscapes that change every day. A land full of inspiration that makes me live fully and with the illusion of being able to express what I feel and in the moment I need it, through my art works.

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Mariona was provided with the following page from Newnes’ Pictorial Knowledge Encyclopedia:

Volume 3
The story of the world and it’s peoples.
A library in Chains

About this artwork

In the reference material for this artwork, I received a page from Newnes’ Pictorial Knowledge 1950’s Encyclopedia, about ‘monkeys and their ways’. The theme that has driven the direction of this piece is the reference that ‘monkeys resemble human beings more closely than any other creatures’.

The cheeky looking gorilla is sending a message to humans that comes in three parts. They are saying ‘screw you’ with the middle finger to human beings for destroying the planet, harming other humans as well as animals. The gorilla is also saying “Not like you” as in “I don’t like you” as well as “Not like you” meaning “We are nothing like you”.

This artwork has a humorous edge to a serious topic, human beings have placed themselves as superior creatures, yet do so many stupid things, cause harm to others and destroy our surroundings for reasons of hate, greed, fear, love and a whole host of reasons.

Monkeys on the other hand live their lives in relative peace and harmony and are perhaps the more intelligent creatures in reality.

About Steve

Steve Light ”SLART” is an emerging artist, born June 2, 1982.
Currently lives and works in Swindon, Wiltshire and has a studio in Hackney, London.

He works primarily in acrylics, watercolours, oils and marker pen. He often employs bright colours into portraiture in a semi-illustrative style.

”My Art mainly revolves around portraiture but cityscapes also deeply inspire me. I’ve always loved drawing since an early age, so I normally create my art through drawing and painting.

I feel like I am drawn to creating people-centric art because I love the diversity of people, their stories, their problems, issues, baggage, quirks and the like. Paradoxically, I like my own company more so, I was a very shy child and always enjoyed my own company, getting lost in drawing and video games.

I’m trying to communicate a useful message underneath my art, whether it is about life, death or a beautiful city skyline, there’s an underlying message of ‘hope’ to take from it, no matter how bleak some subjects may appear on the surface.

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Steve was provided with the following page from Newnes’ Pictorial Knowledge Encyclopedia:

Volume 1
The story of animal life- Creatures of the land ,the air and the sea.
The Monkeys and their ways.

About this artwork

The page assigned to me shows Henry Hudson when he was abandoned by his mutinous crew, along with his 14-year-old son and one of the sick crew members, on an open boat at the mercy of ice and events: the scene represents a tragic moment.

In my painting, I focused only on Henry Hudson and specifically on his face: I wanted to put the human aspect at the center of attention and this is why the title of my painting is ”Henry Hudson”.

What I wanted to represent in his face is not only the worry and disguised despair, as the original painting.
I tried to merge the conflicting emotions that occurred before, during and after the tragic end of this journey: from determination, the spirit of adventure, hope, courage to the awareness of failure, the sadness of not being able to carry out the mission, the resignation of inevitable death.

All these inner thoughts and emotions are expressed in this human face and human being.

About Ketto Goojie

I find inspiration in everything around me: it could be a face of a person, a landscape or a detail of complex system.

Beyond the ”bright side”, there is always a hidden side which, in reality, is never completely hidden: the two communicate incessantly and transform each other.

My work ranges from detailed drawings to sketchy paintings: with my ”sketching” style and technique I want to extract, from a flat surface of shapeless color, something beautiful and, on the other side, bring out the”dark and ruined side” of a naturally beautiful subject.

With my art, I want to represent duality and its annihilation through a union that occurs through an ascending and descending process, of construction and destruction: the whole and the opposite of everything, united in the chaos that is nothing but eternal movement.

There is a kind of perfection in chaos and its acceptance elevates the human spirit: this is why I consider my art ”holy art”.

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Ketto Goojie was provided with the following page from Newnes’ Pictorial Knowledge Encyclopedia:

Volume 2
True tales of high adventure
The Last voyage of Henry Hudson

About this artwork

When I saw the image from the encyclopedia, I thought it suited my painting style, because of the tones, the possibility of making layers and to play a bit with the flow of the ink. Then I searched about the encyclopedia page and what it referred to. I found it curious, because referring to a castle it is not the main focus of the image, in it we can see the castle surroundings and roofs. Small roofs of simple houses and a big castle from a rich family. It led me to think about social differences and inequality. In my painting I kept the main tree, which is the same for everyone, a tree in nature that doesn’t look at social classes to grow and live. A tree that gives flowers and fruits and whose leaf falls to everyone equally regardless of where they were born. Nature is the same for everyone. In the colors I chose to put gold in the castle to represent the upper layers of society. The river is blue and silver because just like the tree it is the same for everyone. Everyone can bathe in the river and drink from its water, everyone can rest in the shade of the tree…

About Marta

I am a psychologist and art-psychotherapist who in times of confinement found herself within 4 walls and with some free time. So I decided through videos and tutorials and a lot of research, to learn a rare painting technique, painting with alcohol ink. I created an Instagram page called @alento.arte and gave wings to creativity. Alento is a portuguese word which represents courage, artistic inspiration and heart-warming. It is what moves us towards achieving something and one of the strengths for creativity.
I find in creativity some heart-warming. I also use creativity and art in my practice as an art-psychotherapist. Art can reveal our inner world and can lead to insights or be a good friend when we feel alone. The flow during the creative process is transformative for me and helps me to organize ideas and feelings. The final result is always a surprise because this technique doesn’t allow a lot of control during the creation and it can be really interesting to find out what we will have at the end. Also because it’s abstract art, we can see whatever we want to see or whatever we feel at the moment can be seen in the artwork. Abstract art leads to subjectivity and subjectivity is the mirror of ourselves.

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Marta was provided with the following page from Newnes’ Pictorial Knowledge Encyclopedia:

Volume 2
The Romance of History
The Home of Englands Sovereigns

About this artwork

The artwork I was provided with is Newnes’ Pictorial Knowledge Encyclopedia Volume 3, the story of the world and it’s peoples, ’In the Grand Harbour at Valetta’ by Ellis Silas.

I loved the vibrant colours and the mood they create. Ellis Silas started his artistic life as a marine artist painting in English coastal towns. This resonated with me as in 2014 my husband and I spent six months cycle touring around the coast of Britain, visiting many coastal towns on our travels. There are always spectacular cliffs and coastal views.

I have used his painting as inspiration for a coastal scene, the shapes and colours in my cliffs echoing the buildings in his painting. It started with a loose wet on wet under wash to establish the sky and sea colours. Then I like to work with watercolour pigment straight from the tube. Using a card and a spray bottle I scraped the paint onto the paper and sprayed with water, letting the paint and water create their magic on the paper.

The dramatic coastline and landscapes were a constant companion during our cycling adventure. These are the memories that inhabit this artwork.

About Gill

I am a watercolour artist. There were 40 years between the time I took my art \’O\’level and the time I took up a paintbrush again. Life didn\’t include art, until a weekend in Kendal in 2017 where an artist friend whetted my appetite for creating again with a digital art package. I quickly became frustrated with my limited knowledge of the package and wanted to see real paint on real paper. This led me on an art adventure to where I am today. I love working with watercolour paint letting the paint and water develop their relationship on the paper.

In 2014 I spent six months cycle touring and travelling the coast of Britain with my husband Tony. This was a pivotal moment in our lives. Returning from a life where everything was reduced to the basics of life – eat, sleep, travel – we decided we wanted our life to be pared down and simpler. This led to the decision to buy a narrowboat, travel the waterways in Spring and Summer and live quietly on a marina during the winter months.

I love to be by the water, whether on the canal or by the sea. The medium of watercolour and its unpredictability mirror the nature of water. This love of water is reflected in my art.

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Gill was provided with the following page from Newnes’ Pictorial Knowledge Encyclopedia:

Volume 3
The story of the world and it’s peoples.
In the Grand Harbour at Velletta, Malta

About this artwork

My page was a perfect fit for me. I was inspired by the flow and patterns of the rows of letters that added wonderful details to the colors and shapes coming to life. The pencil marker letters helped to create the skeleton of the composition. But Just like when we read a poem or story, the individual letters begin to fade, our mind transforms them into ideas and emotions. It is what I try to do with colors, lines, shapes and patterns. There are many layers in this abstraction and they help to create some depth. Colors and shapes are what we first see but the longer you look, the more details come into view, a use of lines and rows of repeating letters.
The more I looked at the finished page, I began to see Algae flowing at the bottom. Living in blue water with oxygen bubbles and the sun above supplying the energy for the photosynthesis.

About Pia

I am fascinated by the effects of colour combinations, lines, Shapes, patterns. I feel a sense of freedom and joy when I am painting abstracts.
I often paint over finished work, acrylics on canvas, sometimes adding markers and pencil. Everything seems to be a journey, I am reminded of the subatomic world, the galaxies, creation, endless Stories and layers.
My favorite topics are things or situations of everyday life; flowers, food, animals, portraits. I illustrate with a strong use of line and I like to tell a story with my characters and the details of the room. I also create large cement sculptures, usually colorful animals with a grin and a good heart.
I am aware of the privileged life I lead and it is this everyday life of mine that I am thankful for and celebrate. I try to see the positive side of things and I like to laugh. I hope my art is enjoyed, that it can bring a smile or brighten someone’s day.

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Pia was provided with the following page from Newnes’ Pictorial Knowledge Encyclopedia:

Volume 9
Reading, writing and arithmetic.
Writing letters in a row.

About this artwork

Wind is a powerful source of energy. It moves things. It moves the blades of a windmill. A windmill mills grain. Grain that nurtures wo/man.

Wind is powerful. It moves things, it moves the blades of wind turbines. Wind turbines generate electricity. Electricity that moves our world. Electricity that mills grain.
Blades rotating through centuries to alleviate our burden of making a sustainable live.

In my work I use old photographs – found objects, to be overlaid by shapes and color.
For Rotation I choose a pattern comprised of one rotating geometric shape in three shades of light blue.
Whether this pattern is geometric though is in the eye of the beholder. Maybe the pattern forms into tulips. Which could then be understood as a subtle nod to the country of windmills and flowers. Or maybe it’s just the texture of the sky.

The photography used as base is part of the Nationaal Archief collection and depicts a large wind turbine near Medemblik, Netherlands, 1986

About Barbara

I make digital collages, overlaying color, shapes and pattern onto vintage photography (found objects). I am intrigued by the stories old photographs taken over a 100 years ago have imbedded in them. Questions arise when modifying a document that bares witness of a time when life’s circumstance was so very different.
The product of a technology that back then brought on a huge change to how one would document the world being introduced to the digital space – that again generated so much change – creates a contrast that interests me greatly.

Juxtaposition is a recurring theme in my work, which has accompanied me through different media.
I currently work in the digital medium only, because of limitations caused by OCD. The contrast between analog and digital is something I seek out purposefully. Patterns have been part of my work from the beginning. I have also been exploring the effect of drawing each element by hand vs creating a repeating pattern tile.

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Barbara was provided with the following page from Newnes’ Pictorial Knowledge Encyclopedia:

Volume 4
The story of the world and it’s peoples.
The Continent of Europe

About this artwork

In this painting I took up the mood from the painting which was given to me. The Norwegian fjord landscape is lonesome and dominated by the elements, mainly water and earth and sky. Compared to the painting which I received I have left out the boot in my painting. For me it was an ”intruder” into the silence and power of the beautiful natural formation. I mostly stayed in a greyish-blue colour which for me connects best skies and earth and water. As the challenge as I understood it was to take up what I was given and to transform it into my way of painting, I took up the basic structure of the landscape and added my colour it to make it more silent and more lonesome. In other words I tried to give the landscape and nature back to itself. The title ”Norwegian mood” to me describes best what I wanted to express.

About Petra

Painting for me has become the way of expressing myself and exploring a world which cannot be explored by words. I feel inspired by colours and shapes and lines as well as by ideas and moods all found in my everyday life. I take them up and transpose them into the more abstract language of painting in a sort of distillation process. This is a process of finding the right size, finding the right colours and painting medium. The result is then something which does not so much work on the level of recognition but on the level of the essence of something, of landscape or a face, for instance. Often I find inspiration in the human figure or in nature. My paintings oscillate between figuration and abstraction.I love these situations of ’in between’ never fully revealing their secrets. My main mediums of painting are self-made egg-tempera with pigments and oil colours.

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Petra was provided with the following page from Newnes’ Pictorial Knowledge Encyclopedia:

Volume 4
The story of the world and it’s peoples.
The Grandeur of a Norwegien Fjord.

About this artwork

I love the page that was sent to me, it felt like it was just meant to be. I have several books that show the magic world by Karl Blossfeldt. Art and nature are so connected and he manifest this relation beautifully with his photos.

We are in the middle of truly challenging times where we all have to find strength to cope with everything that is happening. We must face this transformation with more love and trust than ever before.

I give you the swan and the power of stitches as a symbol of hope that this transformation will lead to a brighter and more loving world.

I want my artwork to remind us to embrace the love and trust we have in our lives, both to ourselves and to each other. We need to unite and slow down so we can see the details. Because what you see at first glance, is not always what you think it is.

About Erica

As an artist I want to invite you to embrace the imperfect.
The core values that permeate everything I create are; Passion, Sustainability and Imperfection.

Passion; I have a passion for exploring and mixing all kinds of different techniques and at the moment I work a lot with cyanotype and suminagashi together with embroidery. Happiness for me is to lose control over the first part of the process and see where the work is taking me.

Sustainability; We all have to work for a better world and as an artist I belive that it is my job to create with existing resources. The old papper, fabric or photos I use in my work has a story and a soul that I want to transfer to something new.

Imperfection; The japanese philosophy and aesthetics Wabi-sabi is the foundation of my life and my art. Wabi-sabi is a contrast to the ideal of perfection, it is about simplicity and seeing the beauty of the imperfect. For me in my creative process, it’s about being present, valuing mistakes and taking time to appreciate the small moments of success. With my art I want to break the perfect that has been haunting me through life and show you my beauty of the imperfect.

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Erica was provided with the following page from Newnes’ Pictorial Knowledge Encyclopedia:

Volume 9
On things that interest you and me.
Hidden Beauties in Weeds.

Early Civilisations
Plate 1-Egypt

Early Civilisations
Plate 3-Babylon and Assyria

On things that interest you and me
Tell Tale Marks

The story of the world and it’s peoples
The Red Square Moscow

About this artwork

I resonated completely with the page I received. My work often deals with distance and bodies of water. I felt this involved all the elements that inspire me in my work. The page “Over the Curve of the World” sounded to me like the title of an adventure novel. Though its intent was to show proof that the earth is a sphere, the 6 figure illustrations were also narrative and exciting. In creating a work of art based on this I chose to embellish the sense of adventure and mystery that inherently arises from an image of a boat disappearing. I used watercolor, gouache, drawing ink, and colored pencil. Almost the entirety of the painting is done in a variety of gradating blues. Whether it is water or mountains the gradation of colors from light to dark represent distance. The more distance the more mysterious and otherworldly we imagine places to be, which is partly the intent of my work, to produce dreams.

About Gabriela

My artwork is a representation of my feelings, dreams, and memories. I am inspired by traditional Chinese landscape painting, children’s book illustration, and abstract expressionism. I combine the interest I have in these varied artistic mediums to create a style that borders between landscape and abstraction; dreams and nature.
Born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area, California I was exposed to a lot of forests and coastal nature. This continues to influence the type of imagery which I produce in both painting and collage. I often think back to my childhood and adolescence to express feelings, places, and experiences I have had.
In collage, I use handmade paper from India, Nepal, and Japan. These papers are works of art already, I tear, and cut them into shapes, sizes, or pieces. I love the process of creating chaos then arranging them back into order. In a sense I do the same while painting in watercolor and gouache. I produce splashes of paint and from there find the image that expresses what I am feeling and thinking. I am currently based in the Valencia region of Spain.

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Gabriela was provided with the following page from Newnes’ Pictorial Knowledge Encyclopedia:

Volume 9
On things that interest you and me – Geography.
Over the curve of the world

About this artwork

’How The Spider Builds Her Web’ by Kirstie Tebbs, is a collage from an abstract brown and black ink painting with hints of gold and silver acrylic highlights and a spiders web drawn on top. The way the web is drawn in an imperfect web pattern is based upon how a spider builds her web when under the influence of caffeine- a substance in which I consume in copious amounts every daily. It makes me wonder that if caffeine has this effect upon the spiders ability to build a web, then what effect does it have upon me and how I create? I allowed the ink and acrylic to choose how they interacted on the paper with water and form their own intricate shapes and patterns. The end result was a type of cosmic image which I cut up and collaged together to create a multi-perspective of the spiders web.

About Kirstie

Kirstie Tebbs, is an emerging UK- based multi-disciplinary artist inquiring into the notions of ’being’. She explores the philosophical ideas of presence, time and substance, aiming to showcase these ideas in an interactive space through perception, the infinite, absence, and presence. We all live in our own realities and no two realities are the same, and so by working between primarily sculpture, installation and drawing, Tebbs uses the jumping between two and three dimensions to understand the reality she lives in. This process allows her to see her reality through different perspectives. This then allows her practice to become an ever-evolving project. By dealing with abstract notions, Tebbs’ practice is primarily abstract in nature, focusing on the combination of science and art. Tebbs is published in ’Artists Responding To… The Postcard Project’ (2020). Founder and owner of Tebbs Gallery and currently studying Ma Fine Art at University of Hertfordshire, UK.

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Kirstie was provided with the following page from Newnes’ Pictorial Knowledge Encyclopedia:

Volume 3
The marvels of insect life.
How the spider builds her web

About this artwork

Drawing with dots is one of the most important facets of my work: the necessary rigor and asceticism nourish my creative process. I really enjoy to spend hours and hours working on a single image.
As a visually impaired person, Braille, an alphabet for the blind, is a building block of my written language. With the purpose to be visible and readable by all, it can be transcribed by black dots, as it is the case in this drawing.
In order to interpret the principle of the weft and its variations, the fragments of faces are made using dots of different diameters.The pieces of portraits are linked together by gold threads, a reference to the Japanese practice of kintsugi – how to overcome trauma in order to sublimate it.
I deliver here a very personal image but the implications of which are universal. An echo of the anxieties of our society and of the events that concern us.

About Séverine

Visually impaired since I was twelve years old, I have learned to see differently.
I have always questioned the notion of look and phenomenology.
How things appear in front of my eyes? In what way the message is interpreted, distorted, disrupted?

I have always played with body, nature, perception. A poetry of distortion.
I use words and images to explore limits and create hybrid universes.
I create paradoxes, additions that subtract, upheavals and shifts. I invent composites, modify scales, abuse boundaries and rigid rules of perspective.

From the word is born the image.
First of all, there is the text, tangible proof of the idea to be explored, and which frequently fades behind the drawing. Ink is my favorite medium, the one with which it all begins. Other techniques can help support the concept, but the crude and symbolic contrast of ink on paper remains a necessity in my artistic creation process.

My explorations rarely translate into a single image. The multiplicity of experiences and results fully participate in the course of the idea’s transcription. I tend to establish visual collections of dots, lines and flat tints from which my own perceptions are born.

I like to cheat my illness, a method of trying to control my helplessness in the face of its inexorable degradation.
Like a challenge, my little revenge.
I have fun with the dangers of the limit.
I live for a few moments in the dark.
I always see in the blur.
Disturbed body and blurred vision.

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Severine was provided with the following page from Newnes’ Pictorial Knowledge Encyclopedia:

Volume 9
On things that interest you and me .
How dots make pictures

The story of the world and it’s peoples.
Cattle Grazing Beneath the Snow-Clad peaks of the Nernina Alps

Great painters of all Nations- How they lived and what they achieved.
Fidelity