Charming Colourful Portraits From Junk By Jane Perkins

Queen Elizabeth II: The Exeter-based artist also transforms famous works of art – such as Van Gogh’s ‘Sunflowers’ – into colourful masterpieces. (Photo by Jane Perkins/Caters News)

Jane Perkins, from Exeter got an idea to create colourful paintings from junks in 2006 after she wrote a thesis about recycling materials to use them for art. 

The artist used broken jewellery, buttons and toy parts that she bought from second-hand shops and recycling centres to create her ‘junk art’ paintings.

Later she started to create colourful portraits of famous people like Queen Elizabeth II, Albert Einstein, Barack Obama and Winston Churchill.

I really love the idea of junk art because we can create beautiful items and save the earth from rubbish and junk at the same time.

I think that junk art artists are very creative people.

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Winston Churchill: Jane uses coloured beads to create her unusual artwork. (Photo by Jane Perkins/Caters News)

Albert Einstein: To capture the scientist’s wild mane Jane used plastic toys and dice. (Photo by Jane Perkins/Caters News)

Nelson Mandela: If you look closely you can spot plastic toy spiders and dinosaurs that form his colourful shirt. (Photo by Jane Perkins/Caters News)

Duchess of Cambridge: Kate Middleton’s wedding day is reimagined using marbles and beads found in junk shops. (Photo by Jane Perkins/Caters News)

Barack Obama: Jane scours second hand shops and recycling centres to find the material to make her unusual portraits. (Photo by Jane Perkins/Caters News)