The Keys of Hope - framed Limited edition print of 20
60x60 CM IN BLACK WOODEN FRAME
​From an original painting, mixed media with keys.

Framed Limited Edition Print "The Keys of Hope" 60x60 cm ( black frame ) Profits to Medical Aid Palestine

£150.00

The artwork is an imaginary landscape. I saw an image of the Palesinian flag blowing in the wind. The shape and colours, as the flag billowed, reminded me of a landscape. I re-ceated the image as a digital painting. Later I read about nearly a million Palestinian people who were forced leave their land and houses in 1948 during the "Nakba" (“The Catastrophe”). Many of those people and their decendants, now living in refugee camps in neighbouring countries have kept the keys to their houses which are now in Israeli hands. The keys are a symbol that one day they will be allowed to return. I sent out a request on social media if anyone could donate old keys for use on an artwork. I received over 200 keys. The keys went through processes to age them using a number of chemical solutions to give them a blackened, rusty or verdigris finish. The artwork shows a stream of keys returning to a Palestinian town, and for the people a return to their homes and a "new beginning". The original artwork was painted in acrylics using the colours of the Palestinian flag, red, green, black and white, the combination of colours which were once banned from artworks in Israel. The title of the artwork " From the River to the Sea " refers to the hope that in the future ALL people can live freely in the land from the River Jordan to the Maditerranean Sea.

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Aberglasney Gardens, The Art Collective, 18th - 24th April
King Street Gallery ( Chate Room) 22nd Aug - 10th September 2025
The Corner Room, Haverhub, Haverfordwest 11th September 2025


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Oriel King Street Gallery
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The Golden Sheaf
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Narberth,
Pembrokeshire,
SA67 7AR

Oriel Q Gallery Narberth
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Pembrokeshire,
SA67 7AX


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