Thursday 15 September 2016

Oil painting


This top painting is based on my own experience of mental illness.


This is also related to mental illness, but Ive not completed it yet. I'm trying to build it up in layers to create chaotic overlapping. It still has much to go before it's finished.




Monday 5 September 2016

Misunderstood Creatures


Us creatures, misunderstood,
discuss everything,
from humans to food.
Our safe place, a must,
is our retreat, to
escape their disgust.


They think I'm a bee,
not a hoverfly,
with bold yellow to see.
They wave, curse and swat,
whilst treating my life
with such little thought. 


Our poor crab, who's dead,
our meeting point,
was kicked in the head.
The human nerves frayed,
they tossed him aside,
he'll soon be decayed.


Spiders, fat and thin
gather together,
outcasts in unison.
The exclusion they feel,
and contempt they receive,
is far from ideal. 


Us creatures, misunderstood,
discuss everything
to lighten the mood.
With no humans here,
in our own safe place,
we've nothing to fear.