Shropshire: Oswestry artist's work on wealth to be displayed

Artist Amy Brown is exhibiting ‘Potheads’ at Oswestry Framing Shop in Leg Street from August 1-31.

Her work showcases a criticism of judgement but also highlights that while the ‘heads’ may be different, the same soil is needed to grow.

Amy said this message inspired her to paint and now is delighted to be showing off her work in the shop, which has a long history of supporting local artists.

“I started painting ‘potheads’ as a way to represent our world and the people in it,” said Amy.

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“The heads with grass in their pot represent poor people and the heads with flowers represent rich people.

“The message is that they are all the same but they both depend on each other even with their different class.

“It is the same with my other pop-art Pothead paintings.

“We have so much going on in this world and everyone is judged for everything, whether you are fat, skinny, pretty, ugly, old, young or disabled.

“We have Black Lives Matter, Feminism, LGBTQ rights etc, we have so much going on with people against each other.

“My pothead pop art shows that they are all individual, all different, but all the same and all beautiful in their own right.

“I want humans to be able to look at each other this way instead of the judgemental way that society says we should place on ourselves.

“You would never look at a flower and say it’s ugly. We are all potheads, we are all unique, and we are all beautiful.”

Claire Davies, from Oswestry Framing, said she was looking forward to exhibiting the work from Amy at the store.

She added that it carries a hugely important message.

Claire said: “We’re delighted to be hosting Amy at the shop.

“We hope that people come to see her work with us.”