{"id":1611,"date":"2023-05-22T11:18:27","date_gmt":"2023-05-22T11:18:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.citrus-lime.com\/wch\/?p=1611"},"modified":"2025-01-28T12:08:38","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T12:08:38","slug":"artist-series-4-george-bowden-blind-truth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.citrus-lime.com\/wch\/artist-series-4-george-bowden-blind-truth\/","title":{"rendered":"Artist Series 4: George Bowden &#8216;Blind Truth&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We&#8217;ve read lots of slogans on walls, but it seems we&#8217;re somehow blind, because the world is still in a bit of a fix. So given that we&#8217;re blind to them, we&#8217;re going to repeat those slogans, but we&#8217;re going to write them in braille.\u00a0<br><br>My approach is very much a process: A journey of exploration and discovery. Not all journeys end well. Not all pictures make the gallery&#8221;. &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.workingclassheroes.co.uk\/clothing\/t-shirts\/working-class-heroes-blind-truth-t-shirt-white__226568\">George Bowden<\/a> &#8211; Blind Truths.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.citrus-lime.com\/wch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/05\/BlindTruthsTee-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1612\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.citrus-lime.com\/wch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/05\/BlindTruthsTee-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.citrus-lime.com\/wch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/05\/BlindTruthsTee-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.citrus-lime.com\/wch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/05\/BlindTruthsTee-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.citrus-lime.com\/wch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/05\/BlindTruthsTee-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.citrus-lime.com\/wch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/05\/BlindTruthsTee-370x370.jpg 370w, https:\/\/blog.citrus-lime.com\/wch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/05\/BlindTruthsTee.jpg 1250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The fourth instalment of our Artist Series, working with Independent creatives to release <a href=\"https:\/\/www.workingclassheroes.co.uk\/clothing\/t-shirts\/working-class-heroes-blind-truth-t-shirt-white__226568\">limited-run tees, comes from George Bowden<\/a>, an artist who specialises in bold, textured oil paintings.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two years ago George lost his eyesight to cancer, but didn&#8217;t let that get in the way of his work.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Blind Truth | Working Class Heroes Artist Series\" width=\"770\" height=\"433\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OJHsMiNJfhE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>His artwork for us, &#8216;Blind Truth&#8217;, is a simple landscape with &#8216;Love Not War&#8217; braille, alongside &#8216;Love&#8217; in a puff print to the right chest, and our logo to the left.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.workingclassheroes.co.uk\/clothing\/t-shirts\/working-class-heroes-blind-truth-t-shirt-white__226568\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.citrus-lime.com\/wch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/05\/BlindTruthsTeeFront-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1614\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.citrus-lime.com\/wch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/05\/BlindTruthsTeeFront-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.citrus-lime.com\/wch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/05\/BlindTruthsTeeFront-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.citrus-lime.com\/wch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/05\/BlindTruthsTeeFront-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.citrus-lime.com\/wch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/05\/BlindTruthsTeeFront-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.citrus-lime.com\/wch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/05\/BlindTruthsTeeFront-370x370.jpg 370w, https:\/\/blog.citrus-lime.com\/wch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/05\/BlindTruthsTeeFront.jpg 1250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The tee will be available from 10am, Friday 26<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;May.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.workingclassheroes.co.uk\/clothing\/t-shirts\/working-class-heroes-blind-truth-t-shirt-white__226568\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.citrus-lime.com\/wch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/05\/BrailleChestPrint-1-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1615\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.citrus-lime.com\/wch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/05\/BrailleChestPrint-1-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.citrus-lime.com\/wch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/05\/BrailleChestPrint-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.citrus-lime.com\/wch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/05\/BrailleChestPrint-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.citrus-lime.com\/wch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/05\/BrailleChestPrint-1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.citrus-lime.com\/wch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/05\/BrailleChestPrint-1-370x370.jpg 370w, https:\/\/blog.citrus-lime.com\/wch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/05\/BrailleChestPrint-1.jpg 1250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https:\/\/wutheringarts.co.uk\/\">See more of george&#8217;s artwork<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve read lots of slogans on walls, but it seems we&#8217;re somehow blind, because the world is still in a bit of a fix. 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