This street artwork focuses on a group of children, painted in shades of black and white. They stand huddled together, looking up with wide eyes and open mouths, as if catching the rain.
Above them, the sky is bursting with vibrant raindrops, each in a different shade - red, blue, green and yellow. The contrast between the monochrome children and the colourful rain is sharp and deliberate.
The black-and-white children represent innocence and simplicity, a blank canvas untouched by the complexity of the world. The colourful raindrops symbolise the beauty, diversity and richness of life, crashing down and touching everything they reach. The children are in wonder, as if seeing colour for the first time, highlighting the wonder and magic in the everyday.
Tools: Paint roller, Brush, Stanley knife, Scissors,
Colour: Grey, White, Black, Red, Blue, Yellow, Green, Pink
Technique: Painting, Collage
Medium: Canvas, Acrylic paint, Heavy gel, Pencil, Magazine paper
I remembered that as a young girl I so much liked to cut images from magazines to paste them into school agendas, scrapbooks and even on my bedroom door. Add to this the fascination I always had for walls filled with old posters, flaking paint, scrappy billboards.. Read more…