Eulogy: Artist Poetry Book
An exploration into self expression through written, and poetic methods culminating into an abstracted artist book
Shea Winters
Illustration 2025
for me, creating art isn't just a choice its expression, sheer survival, when I cant speak, when everything's too overwhelming, when I'm in that dark pit and cant get out of bed, I can still pick up a pen and sketchbook. I draw or write the things I cant say or do for the people I love. that's how I know that to my core, I am an artist- because when everything's crumbling, I still create. my work is raw, passionate, personal and charged with everything I feel too deeply to keep in, its how I stay alive, how I make sense of the chaos, how I stay grounded and connected to the world around me, this year has made me realise my ambition, confidence and passion to produce, preform and eventually publish my own work. particularly through combining written and poetic work with abstracted & non figurative techniques.
Fun & Play
Batsford 2025 Live Competition Entry
Trainspotting
book jacket cover/ print inspired by Irvine Welsh's "Trainspotting" lifting most of the influence from a particular scene in the books that gave the story its title
To Bite The Hand That Begs
1 of 3 pieces of artworks that highlight and comment on the oxymoronic tragedy of late stage capitalism, that the world seems to be engulfed by. people are starving and begging for water while McDonalds monopolise and franchise land
Bad Moon Rising
A mixed media collage that started as a lino print I then took, manipulated and deteriorated with digital techniques, based on the song "Bad Moon Rising" by Creedence Clearwater Revival.
Originality
This piece was inspired by one of my pieces of writings, and a concept I struggle with a lot, that of Originality so I used imagery from my favourite musicians, who I feel embody originality to the fullest extent