July 2025
Local artist Anna Simmons shares her sketchbook of images from the Russo-Ukrainian War, which began in February 2014 and escalated with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
“These drawings of the people of Ukraine were prompted by accounts and photos that I saw in the Guardian newspaper,” she says. “For awhile I did one every day.”
Anna has also sketched and painted images of the war in Gaza. Sarum College Principal James Woodward reflects on two paintings on long term loan to the College in the features linked below: :
A Reflection on Art and Social Justice
Anna has previously exhibited her work at Sarum:
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