Abi Overland

Abi explored family relationships and in particular the rivalry between distinctly different siblings.  She explored her theme in an open ended way and through this developed an array of visual forms to convey her meaning. She devised a mystical, elemental but quite barren landscape in which the tense relationships are played out.

Jerome Ince-Mitchell

Jerome's theme is a contemporary account of the Rake's Progress inspired, in part, by Hogarth.  His narrative was personal and complex conveyed through a rich iconography. Here, a man tries to drag a dog forwards on his path, a Jeff Koons dog representative of materialism and decadent consumption. Below, the hand of God points the way forward to every child. Jerome produced five plates showing life's meal, each roughly cast in a plaster mould, and each one painted using glazes and then transfers were applied.

.... see some of the work here: http://www.creativereview.co.uk/cr-blog/2012/july/brighton-graphic-design-illustration-2012

http://gdi-brighton.tumblr.com/ photos from the Brighton BA show in London... open for a couple of days, I think

Ross Braun

Ross Braun created scenes from a landscape which does not exist; one with its own distinct topology described using impenetrable codes and symbols. His works leans on an understanding of Earth's geography and geology but aims to describe a quite alien place.

Rochelle Aleppo created a collection of people's accounts of their own mother's eccentric, if not to say odd, obsessive or even deviant behaviour.  She presented these as fabric books supplied with needle and threads for the purchaser to sew the pictures, all rather cosy, charming and domestic so as to contrast with the rather edgy narrative. They too are asked to reflect on their own mother's behaviour as they sew.

Rowena O'Reilly started her research at the Wellcome Collection and the Hunterian Museum. She then moved on to first hand observation of the scars left by a range of physical and mental illnesses accomplishing this both through drawing and through interviewing sufferers.  Her drawing books are extensive.  All this work fed into three linoprints which demonstrated considerable technical skill, striking balance between negative and positive space as well as powerful imagery.

Rowena is progressing to the BA top-up at Sussex Coast College Hastings.