James Robinson at Aspire Family Hub

James Robinson is an artist and art teacher who has recently resettled in Coventry after a period of teaching and working in South Korea. Using found objects and building upon a life-long love of East Asian brush and ink technique, his current practice is focused upon painting and sculpting endangered species from around the world.

For Artist On My Street James wants to bring an orangutan into the community! “They are beautiful and intelligent characters and we can’t fail to be charmed by their benign expression and peaceful character.”

James will be basing his sculpture upon photographs he took of a pair that he ‘met’ in an ape rescue centre in the Borneo, both to remind us of our need to act responsibly in our use of toiletries that are produced using Palm Oil [farmed from trees that are planted in the place of the orangutan’s natural habitat which continues to be destroyed so that westerners can use cheap shampoos] and also to bring and celebrate part of our beautiful natural world into our daily experience to admire, discuss and enjoy.’