#Thamesmead Hoarding Project... Quite possibly the most surprising collaboration I’ve completed, not because of its scope or notoriety but because it fundamentally created the opportunity for me to come face to face with WHY I make art! 💙 I grew up in a council estate in Southeast London, Thamesmead (Seen in Clockwork Orange, Misfits etc). Many years later, this estate is slowly being demolished and is being rebuilt. In the process of this renovation, local artists in Thamesmead were commissioned to create artwork for a 500m hoarding (a temporary board fence erected around the building site) along the Harrow Manorway at Coraline Walk as a part of a huge mural to share their vision of the town on a massive scale and to celebrate Thamesmead’s rich natural and cultural heritage. I was invited to make an artwork. BUT, what no one could have predicted was that my work was displayed directly below the flat I grew up in. Literally, I would look outside my window as a child, into this area. No one knew that, it was not a conscious choice. It was only when I visited the mural in person, that we discovered the location of the mural was intertwined with my very own history. My sisters were also surprised by this. 📸 @tomchaplinportraits #AreYouYou #home #imagination #thefuture