Street Art, May 2017
Street Art is created by people who are marginalised by issues like homelessness, disability and mental health conditions. In this month’s post the artwork includes this picture, Thames, by an artist who prefers to remain anonymous, and who says she finds painting “therapeutic and joyful”.
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