La Vie on Rouge - print of stencilled spray paint portrait by Olivia Roze

ARTIST STATEMENT: This piece is a stencilled spray piece using street art techniques. I was inspired by Teddy Baden’s work after being selected for an Art for Guernsey Scholarship and visiting Teddy in London. I wanted to capture a moment in time using a modern technique; also creating something beautiful and delicate. The flow of the hair and the free expression of the face, then stripped back to black and white with one bold colour to make the expression pop!
ABOUT THE ARTIST: Olivia Roze won the Public Vote Prize in the Sovereign Art Foundation Students Prize, Guernsey 2021 with her artwork "Freya" and also was selected for an Art for Guernsey Scholarship. Olivia studies Creative and Digital Arts at the College of Further Education. Olivia's aspriations are "to share my art with many, and also take my education further and study a Fine Art bachelors degree at university."