Artwork created by a talented young Keswick artist has received national attention in a competition set up by the Arts Society to support young people during lockdown.
Annie Doron, 19, put forward her piece My Future in the Isolation Artwork Competition and was delighted to be selected as one of the finalists.
The 2D pencil drawing was originally a piece of coursework for Annie’s final A-level exam at Keswick School a year ago entitled Brexit and Young People.
Annie said: “The piece took me some 40 hours to complete. To me the stars in the background represent some of the many things we were about to lose because of Brexit.
“The wording ‘my future’ represents feelings such as betrayal and isolation felt by so many young people in the UK. The clasped hands over the mouth represent our unheard voices in this time of political uncertainty.
“But as the current situation develops this piece could also represent the current Covid-19 pandemic and how the futures of many young people all over the world are being affected now and will be affected for a long time to come.”
Annie finished her A-levels last summer; since then she has been living in Banff, Canada, working as a ski instructor, but she returned to her family home in Keswick when she lost her job due to Covid-19.
She is planning to go to university in September to study environmental science and hopes her art will remain as a hobby.
She added: “It’s been a pleasantly positive and surprising thing have happened during lockdown and I feel very touched to have been shortlisted in the Art Society’s isolation artwork competition in the first place.
“Having not really done any art since finishing A-levels, my move back home has certainly aided my creativity and I am really enjoying being able to draw again for pleasure.”
