Pictures for Palestinians

The 'Pictures for Palestinians' collection grew from watching, listening, and feeling the weight of the news in the last two years. The paintings are gestures of solidarity made with the belief that art can bear witness, and raise money, to support those working to help Palestinians.

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Gaza Coast series

Gaza Land and Sea

In 2025 the Jordanese airforce dropped aid into Gaza in a largely fruitless attempt to alleviate the starvation. Photos taken from the air inspired me to paint this. One of the things I I wanted to show was the contrast between the deep blue slightly undulating sea and the rusty coloured land littered with destroyed buildings. I have referenced the struggles of the Palestinian people with small ink drawings.

2026

Acrylic and ink on paper

Size: 59 x 42 cm

Sale price Sold for £300 donated to MAP.

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Gaza Coast and Tents

From high in the air the Gaza coast can be stunning – the deep blues and greens of the sea contrasting with the deep yellow of the land. A bit closer we can see the grays of destroyed buildings and their dark shadows. We know of the resilience of many Palestinians – not crushed by the destruction and we know of the precariousness of the delivery of shockingly small amounts of aid. I painted this picture to reflect all this with the bold colours, scratchy grey rubble and tiny ink sketches of Palestinians. As for the aid I have suspended white tents in the air – it may or may not arrive – or those flying objects might be drones.

2026

Acrylic and ink on canvas board.

Size: 35.5 x 45.5 cm

Sale price Sold for £250 donated to MAP..

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Gaza Coast

Photos taken from Jordanese planes dropping aid into Gaza in 2025 were my starting point for this picture. While painting I wanted to show the powerful contrast between the calm deep blues and greens of the sea and the sandy coloured land scattered with buildings destroyed by Israeli bombs. I also reference urban buildings as they may have been if left standing.

2026

Acrylic on paper

Size: 29 x 41 cm

Sale price ( without mount andframe):£250 donation to Medical Aid for Palestinians.

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Gaza Shore and Sea

The beauty of the sea and the colours of the land are stunning. The contrast with the destruction and horrors that have wrecked the land and the struggles of those still living there is unspeakable.

2026

Acrylic on stretched canvass

Size: 40 x 30 x 2cm

Sale price ( without mount and frame):£300 donation to Medical Aid for Palestinians.

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Sunset over Gaza Ruins

Acrylic on canvas stretched on wood frame

Size: 60 x 50 cm

Price: Sold for £550 donated to MAP.

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Gaza from the Air

Inspired by photos taken from Jordanese planes flying home over Gaza in their desperate mission to drop aid.

August 2025

Acrylic on paper

A3 ( unframed)

Price: Sold for £250 donated to MAP.

There are No Words series

I was left speechless by the relentless assault on Gaza - the series captures this.

No Words 1

March 2024

Acrylic on paper

Size: 30cm x 40cm(unframed)

Price: Sold for £250 donated to MAP.

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No Words 2

March 2024

Acrylic and collage on paper

Size: A3 (unframed)

Price: £250 donation to MAP (no frame)

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No Words 3

April 2024

Acrylic and collage on paper

Size: A2 (unframed)

Price: Sold for £250 donated to MAP

No Words 4

Even months after the October 2023 Israeli assault on Gaza I had no words that seemed adequate to express the horror of what was happening. The painting expressed my raw response. Partly submerged in the painting are small collages among which are Israeli soldiers confronted by Palestinian women and ink drawings of Palestinians going about their daily lives.

August 2024

Acrylic and collage on paper

Size: 29.5cm x 40cm (unframed)

Price: £250 donation to MAP (no frame)

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No Words 5

June 2024

Acrylic on paper

Size: A2 (unframed)

Price: £250 donation to MAP (without the frame)

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No Words 6

July 2024

Acrylic on paper

Size: 27cm x 37cm (unframed)

Price: £250 donation to MAP (without the frame)

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No Words 7

I made this on card which I then cut to reflect destruction. I was responding to the devastation and including small Images of fight back.

Acrylic on copies of original collages on card mounted on board.

Size: 60 x 60 cm

Price: £350 donation to MAP (no frame).

Unlike other works on this site the collage is heavy so we can't send it by post or for free

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Home

In 2024 90% of the Gazan population of 2.1 million people were displaced from their homes. Many were displaced more than once. According to the Costs of War Project at Brown University the US spent $17.9 billion on military aid to Israel in the year from October 2023.That’s why the Statue of Liberty and Joe Biden are cowering in the corner of the picture under the tents and rubble.

2024

Collage on thick paper

A3 ( unframed)

Price: £150 donation to MAP ( without the frame)

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Queuing for Food

August 2025

Acrylic on paper

A3 ( unframed)

Price: Sold for £100 donated to MAP.

Queuing for Food - Green

I wanted to develop the skeletal/silhouette impact of the original black oil and white paper image to give it more body and more depth. I’ve worked with a number of versions - the different colours giving different impressions.

Oil transfer and water colour on A4

Size: 28.5 x 21 cm ( unframed)

Price: £135 donation to MAP ( without the mount)

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Queuing for Food - Blue

Oil transfer and water colour on A4

Size: 28.5 x 21 cm ( unframed)

Price: £135 donation to MAP ( without the mount)

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"An amazing timeless piece of art ! Subtle strokes, yet such a moving work of art . It tells a different story every time I look at it and makes a perfect piece for a dinning room or living room"

Claudia Williams, Owner of "Queuing for Food"

Heavy Going

In the summer 2025 the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation operated as an outsourced aid programme replacing the forcibly ejected UN programmes. Collecting aid became a dangerous task for near starving Palestinians.

August 2025

Acrylic on 250 g/m paper

A3 ( unframed)

Price: £175 donation to MAP (without the frame)

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Contemplating Rebuilding

My visual response to newspaper photos of a woman contemplating the destruction of her neighbourhood.

2026

Oil transfer and watercolour on 225gm paper

40 x 30 cm

Price: £175 donation to MAP (without the frame)

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"I am so pleased with this. Of course it is much more 'contained' than when unframed and perplexing at first sight, then such powerful images. Colours extraordinary"

Prof Anne Phillips, Owner of "Gaza from the Air"

Pastels for Palestinians

Buying artwork from this site means giving directly to MAP - your entire donation supports their work.

Broken Homes 1

Oil Pastel on 225 gsm A4

July 2024

Price: Price: £75 donation to MAP.

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Broken Homes 2

This was just the second oil pastel I drew in response to the genocide in Gaza. I saw so many images of destruction – rubble, bits of buildings, cracks in buildings, distraught people and few of people just trying to cope. So I wanted to make an image of someone clearing up a focus of this piece.

Oil Pastel on 225 gsm A4

November 2024

Price: Price: £75 donation to MAP.

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Broken Homes 1

(Light blue mount with brown frame)

How it might look mounted and framed.

Oil Pastel on 225 gsm A4

July 2024

Price: Please contact me to discuss cost of mount and frame. To contact me, click here.

Broken Homes 2

How this pastel might look mounted and framed (White mount with black frame). This combination of mount and frame compliments the subject matter.

Oil Pastel on 225 gsm A4

November 2024

Price: Please contact me to discuss cost of mount and frame. To contact me, click here.

“What we are witnessing in Lebanon is the unmistakable extension of the Israeli military playbook used in Gaza - collective punishment, forced displacement, and the deliberate terrorising of civilian populations, including already traumatised Palestinian communities."

CEO of MAP on March 6 2026

The Collage for Gaza Series

I started working on these collages as tearing printed images of Gaza seemed an apt way to reflect how Gaza itself was being torn apart.

Collage for Gaza 1

I tore up prints of oil pastels and collages I had made as I wanted to show the ragged edges. The images I was seeing from Gaza at the time were ragged and wretched and I wanted to reflect that. Tucked under the columns of destruction are small images of Israeli tanks and Palestinians fighting back

Paper copies of original oil pastels and acrylic on board. Picture above shows how it might look in a frame but the frame is not included.

2024

Size: 21 x60 cm

Price: £75 donation to MAP (unframed).

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Collage for Gaza 2

The genocide makes me really angry ….,so tearing up images of it felt the right thing to do. I don’t think the ripping was altogether futile as the shorn and ragged images reflect the destruction. Piecing the shreds together could have signified reconstruction but sadly, no, not yet. It signifies chaos and shows glimpses of Palestinians struggling to survive. Picture above shows how it might look in a frame but the frame is not included.

Paper copies of original pastels and acrylic collages on board

2024

Size: 20 x 57 cm

Price: £75 donation to MAP (unframed).

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Collage for Gaza 3

Paper copies of original pastels and acrylic collages on paper

2024

Size: 18 x 65 cm

Price: £75 donation to MAP.

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"MAP's Lebanon team have activated emergency response plans. This includes supporting UN displacement shelters with mental health provision and preparing to release pre-positioned stocks of blankets, hygiene kits, and other essential supplies for affected families. The first collective shelter for Palestinian refugees has opened in Nahr el Bared camp to host displaced families who fled the camps in Beirut.”.

MAP website March 14 2026

Collage for Gaza 4

In 2025 Palestinians were left with little option but to risk their lives to collect low nutrient food from the so-called Gaza Humanitarian Food Foundation’s deadly sites. which had usurped serious UN food distribution. 2000 were killed doing so. Palestinians were also forced to migrate from exclusion zones. I’ve used news photos from Gaza as snapshots of the reality together with copies of my original pictures of food queues to make this collage. I’ve torn the images – to reflect the chaos and also my anger.

Paper prints of original work and news photos on paper with watercolour wash.

2025

Size: 29 x29 cm

Price: Sold for £75 donated to MAP.

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Collage for Gaza 5

I layered the pieces of this collage to reflect there was so much going on. Palestinians forced to migrate – others queuing for food – more queues - of ambulances. And the iconic silhouette of boys with a Palestinian flag.

Paper collage and watercolour on board.

2025

Size: 18 x40 cm

Price: £55 (without frame) donation to MAP.

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Collage for Gaza 5

How it might look mounted and framed.

Collage for Gaza 6

Paper prints of original and star artists work, news photos and text

2024

Size: 28 x 40 cm

Price: £ 55 donation to MAP.

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Collage for Gaza 7

November 2024

Paper prints of pastel and acrylic originals in collage

Size: 45 x 36 cm

Price: Sold for £250 donated to MAP.

"It has great colours and at the same time draws you in to look at the detail. A powerful fractured visit to a forlorn and wracked land"

Ian Wood, Owner of "Collage for Gaza 7"

Resilience Series

I have started working on the Resilience series in the hope of reflecting, at least to some small extent, the resilience of the Palestinian people. One way I’m trying to do this is by painting tiny images of people staying strong in the midst of the vast forces enveloping them . Another way is simply by the strength of the colours and the interaction of the shapes in the pictures.

Resilience - Red 1

I wanted in this picture to convey the strength and power of so many Palestinians at this time, by combining red and yellow and sweeping brush strokes. Precariously balance on the curve of two of the strokes are tiny images of people, one defiant and one escaping.

Acrylic on 225 gsm paper

2025

Size: 24 x 38 cm

Price: £ 75 donation to MAP.

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Resilience - Yellow 1

Abstracting the impressions I have from the media of life in Gaza at the moment led me to the primary colours blue and yellow. Blue and yellow contrast with each other as colours. The emotions they symbolise, blue can represent pain and yellow can represent the present and even some hope, are contrasting. There is a tension in the picture which may draw you in to the tiny images of people getting on with survival

A3 Acrylic on 225 gsm paper

2025

Price: Sold for £195 donated to MAP.

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Resilience - Yellow 1

(with a white mount, mount not for sale.)

You can see above how the Yellow 1 would look on a white mount.

"An amazing timeless piece of art ! Subtle strokes, yet such a moving work of art . It tells a different story every time I look at it and makes a perfect piece for a dinning room or living room"

Winston J, Owner of "Resilience - Yellow 1"

Resilience - Yellow 2

A3 Acrylic on 225 gsm paper

2025

Price: £195 donation to MAP.

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Resilience - Yellow 3

A3 Acrylic on 225 gsm paper

2025

Price: £195 donation to MAP.

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Resilience - Yellow 2

(with a blue mount)

You can see above how the Yellow 2 looks on a blue mount.

“ As violence escalates across the Middle East, Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) urgently calls for the reopening of all crossings into Gaza, the unrestricted entry of vital humanitarian aid, and the end of movement restrictions on Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.

"Following the US and Israel's military attacks on Iran, and Iran's subsequent retaliatory attacks, Israeli authorities closed every crossing into Gaza to aid deliveries. Karem Abu Salem crossing was partially reopened today, but the Rafah crossing and others remain closed indefinitely. Large scale aid delivery into Gaza has been blocked, and entry and exit for humanitarian staff and medical evacuations has been suspended.

"Movement restrictions have also been imposed in the West Bank. These actions are placing Palestinian lives at risk and severely obstructing the ability of medical teams to operate.”

MAP press release March 3 2026