Artist: Abi

Title: That’s not good enough

Inspiration: I feel pressured to do well with online learning and feel like I’m overwhelmed and running out of time.

Artist: Rowan Pumfrey

Title: Lockdown Walk

Inspiration: Having to stay local makes you appreciate what you have on your doorstep. East Town Park is a great retreat for a local walk and great resource for my photography hobby.

Artist: Bethan Pumfrey

Title: New Variant

Inspiration: Everything is out of the ordinary at the moment including changes with new Covid variants. This fish is a new variant!

Artist: Halime Karaca

Title: Market Goods

Inspiration: In every market they have a lot of toilet paper and masks!

Artist: Madeleine H-Smith

Title: 52 Hertz Whale – The Loneliest Whale in the World

Inspiration: The 52-hertz whale is an individual whale of unidentified species which calls at the very unusual frequency of 52 Hz. This pitch is a much higher frequency than that of the other whale species, hence its song is not heard, making it the loneliest whale in the world.

Artist: Oliver Singleton

Title: Afterlife

Inspiration: I saw something similar on a tattoo.

Artist: Grace Huyler – Castle Manor Academy

Title: What has helped me through lockdown

Inspiration: My family has helped me through lockdown by making sure that we do lots of fun things together. We have also been able to keep in touch with other family members by doing lots of zoom calls and zoom quizzes.

Artist: Sasha Stocks – Castle Manor Academy

Title: What has helped me through Lockdown 3

Inspiration: Marvel has helped me through lockdown because after a long, stressful day of work, me and my family can sit down and watch a Marvel film.

Artist: Freddy White – Castle Manor Academy

Title: What has helped me through lockdown

Inspiration: My Xbox has kept me busy during lockdown and has allowed me to still be social and play with friends. This has been important for my well being.

Artist: Sofia Rinaldi – Castle Manor Academy

Title: How books have helped me cope through lockdown

Inspiration: Books have helped me get through lockdown as reading is a way of escapism. When you read you can escape into a book and forget about life as you get drawn into the story; by reading I can forget about lockdown and coronavirus as I’m focusing on what I’m reading.

Artist: Alexsandra Mihailia – Castle Manor Academy

Title: What has helped me through lockdown

Inspiration: I enjoy reading and I have read alot of books during lockdown.

Artist: Taylor Burry – Castle Manor Academy

Title: What has helped me through this lockdown

Inspiration: My family has helped me through lockdown as they always supported me along the way and during lockdown my family has helped with everything that has come my way. We are a very close family in our house and we love and support each other everyday. It has helped me as I can speak to my friends online and play games with them online. All these things have helped me through lockdown.

Artist: Rosie Cook

Title: Lockdown Diary 277

Inspiration: Just a page in a diary. All the stuff I did on that day – much the same as the other 277!

Artist: Shilpa Karumathil

Title: My Mood Swings

Inspiration: I have had lots of ups and downs during corona and lockdown. I know others have too. I just wanted to let others know and be aware that people might be saying one thing and then feeling another in their mind. If you have any goals, keep going! You can do this! And for everyone this quote will mean a lot: “Rivers know this: there’s no hurry, we shall get there someday.”- Winne The Pooh 🙂

Artist: Sophie Street

Title: Dancing Queen

Inspiration: I made this piece on my lockdown birthday! If you’d like to see more of my work you can check it out on instagram @sophiestreetartist