THIN LIPS SINK SHIPS

Posted by Julie Green March 11, 2017

THIN LIPS SINK SHIPS

"THIN LIPS SINK SHIPS - THE DONALD" 2017

Last week I was hit by a lighting bolt of inspiration during the middle of the night. For three hours straight images of The Donald flowed into my subconscious. I saw repetitive text scrawled across his face much like words on a chalkboard. The visuals were coming so fast no sooner would I write the ideas down, another batch of five images would bubble up waiting for me to sketch out and jot down in my notebook.

In the morning I was tired but I was also determined to turn this waterfall of images into reality. "Thin Lips Sink Ships" are the 1st of 25 inspirations I was give during the night. My subconscious was obviously trying to work out my feelings about the political climate we find ourselves in today and had hit saturation level.

This is new territory for me. I always subtly imbue my work with social commentary but this is blatant and bold. I am grateful to have tapped into my emergency valve to release the anger and frustrations I have with these men who are dangerously pushing this great country back 50 years to a time when only old white men had a say in how the country was shaped.

Here's the first batch.

Julie Green
March 11, 2017