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Painting the Snail for Snailspace 2018

Painting the snail with the children. Snailway is in Brighton from 15 September – 18 November 2018

Here’s the snail I painted with the children at St Marks Primary and being auctioned in aid of @martletshospice the snails will be all over Brighton – ours will be in St George’s Church in Kemptown

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Sketches and Designs

Our snail is a combination of a whole number of children’s ideas. Jacqueline Hammond, a parent and a local artist, helped us bring all these ideas together to create our finished piece. The snail is all about making the most of your time, slowing down and enjoying the world. It is about turning off technology and reconnecting with each other.

Name of Snail – MJ 

Designed by: St Mark’s CE Primary School
Located at: St. George’s Church

MJ the Snail by St Mark's School and Jacqueline Hammond
MJ the Snail by St Mark’s School and Jacqueline Hammond

Painting in progress

Photos of the process of painting the snail for Snailspace at St Mark’s Primary School in East Brighton during July 2018. Based on elements of the children’s designs I made a sketch of the snail we now had in mind to paint.

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Snail by St Mark's School with artist Jacqueline Hammond
MJ the Snail by St Mark’s School and Jacqueline Hammond

Discover over 50 snailtastic Junior Snails along the Junior Snailway from 15 September – 18 November 2018

Some of the Junior Snails

Our Junior Snailway is made up of Junior Snail sculptures to accompany their full size (i.e. giant!) counterparts across the city.

The Junior Snails have all been decorated by children from schools and community youth groups, with over 20,000 young people taking part. ‘Packs’ of Junior Snails are being exhibited in cultural and educational venues across the city throughout Autumn 2018.

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Work in progress – New London Cityscapes Series – COMING SOON

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Picture only posts. No time to blog words – Busy, busy with many paintings in progress – stay posted for updates on new works as released – Gallery: jacquelinehammond.co.uk. @artbyjaxx on Twitter, Jacqueline Hammond Art on Facebook, artbyjaxx.com is current. The artist is present. Jacqueline Hammond 2014
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Sketches for new London series

Work in progress. London. Jacqueline Hammond, painter
Work in progress. London. Jacqueline Hammond, painter
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Picture only posts. No time to blog words – Busy, busy with many paintings in progress – stay posted for updates on new works as released – Gallery: jacquelinehammond.co.uk. @artbyjaxx on Twitter, Jacqueline Hammond Art on Facebook, artbyjaxx.com is current. The artist is present. Jaxx
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Anti-war Art by Jacqueline Hammond – Stop the War

Stop the War - Painting triptych by Jacqueline Hammond. Work in progress
Stop the War - Painting triptych by Jacqueline Hammond. Work in progress

Stop the war on …

Stop the War - Painting triptych by Jacqueline Hammond. Work in progress
Stop the War – Painting triptych by Jacqueline Hammond. Work in progress

When the largest industry in the world is no longer War, I will accept Darwin’s theory of Evolution.
~Dale S. Mugford

For me war has become a flat, black depression without highlights, a revulsion of the mind and an exhaustion of the spirit.
~Ernie Pyle

Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants.
~General Omar N. Bradley

Chauvinism is a proud and bellicose form of patriotism…which equates the national honor with military victory.
~Colonel James A. Donovan, Marine Corps

Under conditions of peace the warlike man attacks himself.
~Friedrich Nietzsche

I’m fed up to the ears with old men dreaming up wars for young men to die in.
~George McGovern

All the war-propaganda, all the screaming and lies and hatred, comes invariably from people who are not fighting.
~George Orwell

About the quote: This quote comes from “Homage to Catalonia,” Orwell’s 1936 eyewitness account of the Spanish Civil War.

During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.
~George Orwell

Political language. . . is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable
~George Orwell

About the quote: from his ‘Politics and the English Language.’

War is too serious a matter to entrust to military men.
~Georges Clemenceau

It is far easier to make war than peace.
~Georges Clemenceau

“My country right or wrong” is like saying, “My mother drunk or sober.”
~G. K. Chesterton

There is nothing more frightening than active ignorance.
~Goethe

There’s no difference between one’s killing and making decisions that will send others to kill. It’s exactly the same thing, or even worse.
~Golda Meir

Every move we make in fear of the next war in fact hastens it.
~Gregory Bateson

Mankind is becoming a single unit, and that for a unit to fight against itself is suicide.
~Havelock Ellis

In peace, sons bury their fathers; in war, fathers bury their sons.
~Herodotus

The lies the government and media tell are amplifications of the lies we tell ourselves. To stop being conned, stop conning yourself.
~James Wolcott

About the quote: in his article “From Fear to Eternity,” Vanity Fair, March 2005

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Sneak Peek at a Painting in Progress

Here’s a sneak peek at a painting I’m working on today.

Every year to mark the winter solstice much of Brighton come down to the seafront for Burning of the Clocks organised by community arts organisation Same Sky. I want to capture the way the crowd leaning on the railings are lit up by the fireworks and the sky has an eerie glow.

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About Burning the Clocks
For almost two decades, Burning the Clocks has become a special date in Brighton’s calendar. Taking place on the winter solstice, this fantastical procession brings magic to the streets, with a stream of luminous lanterns and a spectacular 2,000-strong parade.

When the winter carnival has wound its way to the beach, people pass their handmade paper and willow lanterns – filled symbolically with their hopes and dreams – into a blazing bonfire and prepare for the spectacular fire show and firework display.

Held on the shortest day (longest night) of the year, this growing tradition marks the passing of time by ‘burning the clocks’ and welcoming in the new sun. With over 20,000 spectators, this popular event turns the spotlight away from the more commercial side of Christmas and lights up the darkest of winter nights.

Burning the Clocks was created by Same Sky in 1994 as a way for the whole community to enjoy the festive season, regardless of faith or creed. Each year a new theme, related to the concept of time, is incorporated into the event to bring new and exciting elements.

As part of the event, Same Sky carries out free lantern-making community workshops for disadvantaged local people. Some of those we work with are homeless young people, single fathers, and young carers. We encourage them to make something they are proud of, fire them up with creative passion and bring them together with their community through the shared experience of art.