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The given theme for my end of the year exam for AS Fine Art was ‘Freedom’. With the given theme I went with the idea of getting away with crime and not being punished for it. This made me look into both worlds of fiction (comic book villains) and non fiction (Jack the Ripper). I chose Jack the Ripper in the end as everyone knows of him and the mystery which shrouds around him – something I have always been fascinated with. With the theme of Jack, I knew I didn’t want to paint an image or portray him because there is no record of what he looked like and there are just too many rumours about who it was to pick just one. I thought about paint all of the suspects, but I think that’s an idea to use for something else later. So I decided to paint one of his victims as that is pure concrete fact, I know this via photographs and autopsy reports.
The scale of the piece is giant, it stands at a little bit larger than a door, when I stand up against it, the top of my head is in level with her elbows, to put it into scale.
I used a mixture of acrylic and watercolour paints, charcoal and inks on a ripped up bed sheet, the bottom of which I have sliced away at with a Stanley Knife, which the table in the photo blocks out but you can see some of it on the right.
My intentions throughout my work if anything became stronger as I continued working on it in the 8 hour exam, overall Im happy with how visceral and bloodthirsty the piece is, as was Jack the Ripper, as am I.

If you would like to know what the letter which is painted on the sheet says it can be found bellow…

Dear Boss,
I keep on hearing the police have caught me but they wont fix me just yet. I have laughed when they look so clever and talk about being on the right track. That joke about Leather Apron gave me real fits. I am down on whores and I shant quit ripping them till I do get buckled. Grand work the last job was. I gave the lady no time to squeal. How can they catch me now. I love my work and want to start again. You will soon hear of me with my funny little games. I saved some of the proper red stuff in a ginger beer bottle over the last job to write with but it went thick like glue and I cant use it. Red ink is fit enough I hope ha. ha. The next job I do I shall clip the ladys ears off and send to the police officers just for jolly wouldn't you. Keep this letter back till I do a bit more work, then give it out straight. My knife's so nice and sharp I want to get to work right away if I get a chance. Good Luck.


Yours truly
Jack the Ripper


Dont mind me giving the trade name


PS Wasnt good enough to post this before I got all the red ink off my hands curse it No luck yet. They say I'm a doctor now. ha ha
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Brods's avatar
damn this is awesome instant fav+