VISUAL ART

Rawz creates in several visual mediums, see below for a selection of his work.

BOLD LINES

Bold Lines was inspired by Rawz’s poem Art Starts A Story, which traces the winding, confusing, beautiful paths our lives take - and how art connects us along the way. The poem reflects on how our stories inspire others, become part of their journeys, and spark new stories in turn.

Commissioned by The Old Fire Station for the 2024 Marmalade Festival, the words have now found a home on the wall of the arts centre in the heart of Oxford through this mural commissioned for the 2025 festival.

Almost a sister piece for his previous work Dreams Of The Spires, the mural mirrors the poem’s journey: lines of text weaving through abstract shapes that fit together like a puzzle, echoing the many-sided lives, personalities, and stories that make up a community.

What was once a plain white corridor between the theatre and the toilets is now… as someone put it… “a psychedelic experience.”

NOTE: Activate sound on the video to hear the poem.

DREAMS OF THE SPIRES

Rawz created Dreams of the Spires as part of OxTrail 2024, a public art trail raising money for Sobell House Hospice. The life-sized ox carries a design that reinterprets Oxford’s skyline through interlocking forms that symbolise the diverse stories and ideas of its residents.

For countless hours, years, centuries, Oxford's famous spires have stood in silence, witnessing the city's dreams as the world changes around them. This work re-interprets the iconic skyline's shapes, weaving an abstract narrative through patterns. The forms interlock like puzzle pieces; a visual metaphor for the lives that inhabit the city, the unique coexisting stories and ideas that constantly influence each other, and the world around them in an interconnected, interdependent exchange, creating a perpetual state of transformation and evolution.