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Stig's online art gallery for peace, justice and sustainability

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Recenttly
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Recently revised
gallery of favourite
found images:
Muses
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Galleries:
Peace & War
Climate Change
The G8
Dragons
Corporations
...more soon...

L i n k s
to some of my
  favourite sites:

Polyp - at last, one of
the UK's greatest
radical and political
cartoonist goes online!

The Oil Drum - vast &
in-depth website that
explores climate change
and peak oil, etc.

Bamboo bicycle trailer
- fantastic example of
"appropriate tech".

Radio Eco-Shock - a
great weekly radio
show playing news
   and views on climate
   and eco issues.

Faith47 - south african
grafitti artist with great
talent & political sense.

Zero Carbon Britain
- see how Britain can
stop making it worse.

Climate Change Action
  - blog with good links.

Transition Towns - an
exciting movement
to "decarbonise" and
prepare for changes
in energy & climate.

Banksy - one of the
best living artists.

Freak Radio - one of
the best web-radio
stations with a mix
of politics, music
and radical debate.

Dr. D - great 'billboard
doctoring' by Dr.D

Wikipedia - the vast
'open' info resource.

Wooster Collective -
a great collection
of street art from
all over the world,
   updated every day!

DoodleDubz - is a
great image-intense
blog with lots of
'street art' and a long
list of diverse but
badly labelled links.

Unwelcome Guests -
great weekly 2hr radio
show that includes
   fascinating speeches.

Open Office - is a free
fully functioning
suite of open-source
software created
by people all over
the world without
the control of any
giant multinationals.
And it works well!

Brian Haw's site - the
man who's camped
   in parliament square
   for the last 6 years
in protest against
the war on Iraq.

Network for Climate
Action - a vast site for
people who want to
   DO SOMETHING
to tackle climate
change.

Stop the Wall - that
   is being built by
Israel to cut up
parts of Palestine.

Plane Stupid - whats
wrong with flying,
and what can we
do about it.

Julian Beever - the
best pavement
artist that I have
ever seen!

Killer Coke - a good
introduction to the
crimes of Coca-Cola,
from funding death
squads in Colombia
to stealing India's
water supplies.

Turn up the heat - a
great book (HEAT)
and website from
George Monbiot
that exposes some
of those pretending
to save us from
climate change.

VLC mediaplayer - is
a free cross-platform
program that can
play almost any type
of media file.

Indymedia - a great
source of current
non-corporate news.
   This link is for the
UK general page,
but the list on the
left will take you to
yor local Indymedia
site.

Smedley Butler - one of
the most 'interesting'
soldiers I've ever heard
about, famous for his
1935 book entitled
"War is a racket".

	Gold Dragon Banner Dec 2008... A photo of an unfinished banner for my friend Tony, who might be using it to decorate a food and music tent at festivals in 2009. I have taped an old digital camera onto a shelf across from this pic, and while painting on it, I'm taking a photo roughly every 15 minutes. I hope to string these together into a little animation which I will put here when the banner is finished, hopefully soon. Hoon Stocks banner & Logo Dec 2008 A roll-up banner (below left) that acts as a lightweight stocks, for the lovely folks involved in the T5FlashMob - one of many groups campaigning against the new third runway at Heathrow. Below right is a logo, featuring a caricature of Geoff Hoon, the UK Transport Minister, who just gave the thid runway his official approval.


	"Ill Eagle" mural January 2009 Photo (above) of a large mural collaboration painted in freezing weather, with a close up (left) of my bit. That 'Discoboy' from the Doodle-Dubz collective painted the two words (he's a hero of mine - it waas an honour to paint with him. The illustration was a bit of a rush-job, and was very challenging as my water-based paints did not dry in the freezing temperatures that day. Overnight the paint dribbled quite beautifully, as shown below - I need to fix this, soon. The vulture is wearing a white hood to appear as the 'Bold Eagle', sucking and spitting on a drip that is labelled with a dollar sign, but nearly empty, of oil. The 'ill eagle' is pinned by two nails through its wings (like the poor geese in the maufacture of 'foix gras') and his wing tips are actually missiles. He is clutching a bomb in his claws, labelled as 'fast track sweatshops' (this idea I borrowed from the amazing cartoon by Carol Simpson as shown on my 'Muses' gallery). An arrow has struck the dumb bird in the heart, labelled 'Truth' and 'Debt' - the two things that are helping to bring down the US empire, in my humble opinion.
	WBG banner January 2009 A banner for the Women's Budget Group who assess government spending plans in regard to women.
	Factory World January 2009 A reworking of an old cartoon ("Car World") that I was asked to draw by my friend Graham. I think the graphic has been used by Thames Valley Climate Action as well as People & Planet, in their work against Eon, the energy giant who are intending to expand the coal-power station at Kingsnorth, in Kent.

'Bio-diesel Hunger' and 'Bio-diesel Clear-cut' December 2009 A pair of simple photo-montages (above) for my friend Mim, who was building a short presentation on bio-diesel. I hope the presentation, maybe as a short film, will one day be published online. Ten years ago, bio-deisel was going to save us from peak oil, allowing us to keep our silly cars going, using fuels made from corn, grasses or other plants. The EU and many other 'developed' countries invested a lot of money in this. Soon, food prices around the world began to rise, as land that used to grow food was turned to growing fuel crops. Clear-cutting of forests and wilderness (e.g: Malaysia and Indonesia) increased for the same reason, displacing many threatened species, most famously the Orangutang. Today bio-diesel is regarded by many as a fools gold, and only the big energy companies and a few out-of-touch politicians (including President Obama) are backing it. Making fuel from waste (e.g.: cooking oils( is still worthwhile, I believe.

'Boom & Bust Bank cheque' vs Staverton Airport Expansion December 2009 A spoof cheque (above) for the great campaigners at CASE (Concerned citizens Against Staverton Expansion) who are trying to prevent the planned expansion of Staverton Airport, near Gloucester.
	'Justice-4-Jean Scroll November 2009 A spoof scroll of indictment for the folks at the Justice4Jean campaign in London.
'Deflatable Earth' November 2008 A spoof poster (above) for the new play by the National Theatre "Oedipus", for the wonderful folks at 'Art-not-Oil'. Shell are sponsoring Oedipus, the new play at the National Theatre in London. The story of Oedipus features a cursed king who, unknowingly, kills his father and marries his mother. This tragic theme is oddly in tune with how today's kings (Big Oil) are 'relating' to our 'mother earth'. These days the UK press and TV are full of 'greenwash' adverts from Shell and BP. The energy giants are recording record profits, despite the current crises. More people are realising that Big Oil are a huge part of the problem - causing climate chaos. NASA's top climate-scientist, James Hanson, recently told the UK parliament that he thought the CEOs of Big Oil should be tried for crimes against humanity. Maybe we need more 'anti-big-oil' ideas (and images).
D.I.Y. banner-making: Cheap & Fast! November 2008 A short A5 (double-sided) hand out I wrote for the Shared Planet conference in Birmingham, organised by People & Planet. I ran a workshop on 'Art in Activism' and had 50 keen participants. Most of the workshop involved making 4 banners. The links on the right are to a 'print-ready' PDF, and the text for you to re-write and use in your own hand-out / email / web-page / workshop, etc.	Right-click on a link and choose 'Save file as': D.I.Y. Banner-making PDF presented 2-up as two A5 fronts on page one, and two A5 backs on page two, of the A4 PDF. D.I.Y Banner-making TEXT just as a simple text file to re-write and share.
	Giant Dick Cheney Puppet October 2008 A giant puppet (or gigante?) of Dick Cheney for the Hands Off Iraqi Oil campaign, who marched through london on Saturday 11th October. Below is a logo for the campaign, and below that, a short animated-GIF showing the stages of making the papier-mache head.

Synthetic-Sugar-Monster October 2008 Illustration (above) for the ETC Group, showing the corporate take-over of the new 'Synth-sugar economy'.
Some work from earlier last year:
Oxfordshire Reclaim the Night October 2008 Poster (above) for the March anf Rally in Oxford, calling for an end to violence against women.
	Poster for 'Kyoto 2' lecture October 2008 Poster for Oliver Tickell and COIN. I haven't read the book yet, but I've read many great reviews. If you are planning to come to this lecture, come early, as it sounds like a lot of people will come. Leaflet for Charney Manor September 2008 Inside spread (below) from a colour leaflet for Charney Manor, a Quaker centre in the village of Charney Basset, near Wantage, Oxfordshire. Apparently: " With its comfortable rooms, tempting meals and delightful grounds, Charney Manor provides welcoming hospitality as a popular venue for conferences, training courses and gatherings for religious, charitable and educational groups throughout the year. "

	Hammer & Tongue November '08 poster October 2008 Poster for Hammer & Tongue's next gig with the incredible Mark Gwynne Jones, on Wednesday 5th Nov at Baby Simple.
	CAAT nest September 2008 Illustration for the Campaign Against the Arms Trade (CAAT) who are targeting UK government subsidies for arms-deals through the (UK) Department of Trade and Industry (UKTI). "Last year CAAT's campaigning finally forced the closure of the Defence Export Services Organisation, (DESO), the government's arms sales unit in the Minisity of Defence - removing a major avenue for arms industry influence at the heart of government. Since then Military export promotion work has moved to UK Trade and Investment as a new body - the UKTI Defense Services Organisation (UKTI DSO). And while lots has changed, the arms industry is still receiving hugely disproportionate levels of support -- UKTI DSO has as many staff as all the other industry sectors supported by UKTI combined."
	Oxfordshire Ecovation '08 August 2008 Poster (left) and leaflet (below) for this year's "Open Eco-homes" event, where hundreds of people got to visit 19 eco-homes. They got first hand tips and advice from the people who are leading the way on making our housing more sustainable. This years event was the second. Ecovation is a joint project of COIN (Climate Outreach and InformationNetwork) and Oxfordshire ClimateX. Above is the inner spread. Below is the outer spread.

Reaching the CBD targets for 2010 August 2008 Poster (above) for the CBD Alliance - a coalition of NGOs and 'social justice' groups who represent civil society at events like the UN's recent Convention on Bio-Diversity (CBD) in Bonn, Germany, in May 2008.
	Miffy's pipeline tap July 2008 Illustration for the UK wing of Rising Tide who campaign against the causes of climate change. This image is unfinished, and it might not be very clear yet - the 'polluted skyline' scene is a reflection in the shiny curved surface of a pipe-line. It might be an oil pipe-line or a toxic 'out flow' pipe. There is a lot of news and action on the climate front. Dr James Hanson, the chief Climate scientist at NASA, recently told the US House of Congress that “We are toast, if we don’t get on a very different path” He made several media interviews and explained that he thought the CEOs of the major Oil companies should be charged with crimes against humanity, as they were knowingly disrupting our global response to cliamte chaos. His website has many downloads including his slideshows and recent letters and lectures.
	Refugee Resource Review July 2008 The Annual report for Refugee Resource, a small NGO in Oxford who offer counselling, mentoring, therapeutic gardening and advice on employment to asylum seekers and refugees. Below are two of the inside pages.