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Street Art: Paula De Sousa’s mixed media art explores perceived beauty

The Big Issue’s Street Art page gives talented, marginalised individuals an outlet for creative expression

‘Go Your Own Way’
by Paula De Sousa

Paula is a visual artist working with mixed media on paper who draws a lot of inspiration from so-called “outsider art”.

“I am particularly interested in expressing vulnerable states of mind,” she says. “My own, other’s people’s and the vulnerability I see in nature. My work is often layered, revealing and concealing. I’m also interested in invisibility and what is perceived beauty as well as what are perceived imperfections.”

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