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Meditation Girl

This image is something I made in my free time recently.

The girl depicted is practising a Falun Gong meditation excercise and I think that in the original photo I worked from, she is at a peaceful protest outdoors somewhere. The reason being that Falun Gong practitioners are persecuted under the Communist government in China. Many spiritual practices in the East, despite being more akin to China's original, ancient culture, dont fit in with the partys ideology and are therefore supressed (often violently). Falun Gong practitioners around the world outside of China have therefore taken it upon themselves to protest against this gross violation of Human Rights, just like the girl in this picture.

I've been very impressed and influenced by this guys work recently, and I think it shows a bit in this piece.

Upstairs Exhibition

My work has been hanging throughout August at the Upstairs Gallery in Beccles. I've had lots of positive feedback and a good wedge of my contact info postcards have been taken (hopefully by art lovers who arent 'feeling the pinch').
Thanks to the very kind gallery owner Michelle, I'll be exhibiting for all of September now too! Cheers!

Click on the banner above to check out the Upstairs Gallery website and all that goes on there!

Slice of Life

A few bits from Life drawing class, which will be sadly missed thanks to the local High School deciding to cease all evening classes :_(

Antidote

Latest piece for the Epoch Times Newspaper, London Edition. Printed today on the Art & Culture page, alongside an analysis of the poem 'The Character of a Happy Life' by Sir henry Wooton.
My image is inspired mainly by the lines; 'And entertains the harmless day with a well-chosen book or friend', and based largely upon Norman Rockwells famous 'Willie Gillis' (below).

Click here if you'd like to read the poem and analysis (alongside someone elses illustration!).

Mosaic'd

Inspired by a series of 'NikeSB' print Ads, I've added a little background colour to the line portraits I made. Click the pic to see 'em over on the portfolio site.

Exhibition - Upstairs Gallery, Beccles

Check it out Kids, up all month!

Also, Ive updated my Online Portfolio a little to match the work on display at the Exhibition - www.joelbenjamin.co.uk

Food for Thought

Another piece of Leaflet illustration. This time to advertise the Buffet services of the lovely 'Food for Thought' sandwich shop in Beccles. Available through selected outlets in the Beccles vicinity.

Jasper

Drawn from a Cretee holiday photo :)

Crete Peeps

Beach people watching in the sun. Coloured quickly in Photoshop.

Trunks Man

Blue Bikini Lady

Busy lil' Beach Blondie

Holiday Flowers

A sketch of some Beach-side Geraniums from our most frequented bar in Crete, Revans.

Plein-Air in Crete

1 A4 sketchbook + 1 Pentel BrushPen (full with Quink) + 1 week in Crete = Some nice bits to post up here.




More to follow soon.

Information Leaflet

Got a few copies of the flyer through with my work on it. I'm very pleased, thanks John! See older posts for original design.
For any further information go to - www.downs-syndrome.org.uk

Palette Panda

Noticed that this little fella was hiding in my palette the other day.

With a little encouragement he showed his face.

He has since found his way back into the wild.

Lucy

Finished this a week ago. Drawn from a photo taken during my friend Bobs' 1920s birthday outing (see 'Boballu' below). Sadly neither the scanned in version nor the photo of the image do it much justice, but hopefully you get the idea, it looks nicer in the real.