Month: February 2019

• A Letter to your Former Self

  ‘A Letter to your former self’ was a prompt for a sketch. It comprises of a mixed media image, pen and ink in addition to hard and soft pastels which are fully exploited. The figure representing the artist is almost angelic as it rises above the dangers of the personalities depicted below. The people are […]

  Alison Little

  February 22, 2019

  4th of July, Abstract Art, Alter Ego, American Dream, Art, Beauty, Childhood Sexual Abuse, Conflict, death, Devil, Disorder, Evil, Funeral, Greasy Hair, Lies, Maine County, Morality, New England, New York City, Police Women, Rape and Sexual Violence, Relationships, Rise Above, Senior Police Officer, Uncategorized, Witch

• Let’s Share a Kebab

    They sit outside the kebab take-out propped up on one side of a street bench avoiding the wet patch. Although later in the evening the traffic is still heavy on this major route, into and out of the city centre. They laugh; ‘You have it.’ ‘No you have it.’ Giggling, they have picked up […]

  Alison Little

  February 8, 2019

  Affair, Chip Fork, City, Gino D’Acampo, Greeting Cards, Heart, Kebab, Lark Lane, Liverpool, Uncategorized

• Do we need a Miss Liverpool?

  The ritualistic process of crowning a Miss Liverpool is an annual event in the city of Liverpool. Initially, relating to the ancient custom of Marriage, the ball-like gown paraded by the contestants often being the traditional white. The notion of a maiden passing of age is also conjured up by the generation of the contestants, […]

  Alison Little

  February 1, 2019

  American Dream, Beauty, Beauty Pageanting, Casual Sex, Celebrity Culture, Child Pageanting, Croxteth Hall Park, Degrading, Female Icons, Germaine Geer, Grafton Rooms, West Derby Road, Leisure time, Liverpool, Male gaze, Miss Liverpool, Morality, Photography, Plus Size, Prostitution, Rape and Sexual Violence, Same Sex Relationships, Sexualization of Children, Social Roles, Uncategorized, Violation, Virginity