A new exhibition launches this week to raise awareness of environmental issues in the Lake District.
The exhibition, at Windermere Fine Art, includes traditional art as well as a Porsche Tayan – the first fully electric car in the Porsche range – which has been wrapped in a unique design by Jamie Ashcroft.
The car features Jamie’s unique style of graffiti art with flowers and trees woven throughout and can be seen at the South Lakes Centre car dealership after the exhibition.
Jamie has also created a collection of 10 bespoke paintings bespoke which all feature the same motifs as shown on the Porsche.
Jamie said: “When I was asked to have a show in Windermere for the Save Windermere campaign, it’s a no brainer really. I used to come here a lot on holiday as a child, it’s just such a beautiful place that shouldn’t be ruined by any means.”
Also included in the exhibition is work by artists including Dirty Hans, Illuminati, Keith McBride, Chess, Michelle Mackie and Marie L Wrightson and 10% of sales of any of the artwork within the exhibition will be donated to the Save Windermere fund.
The gallery also recently showed their support for the protest passing through the streets of Windermere with a Stop the Poo message graffitied onto an aqua green and blue canvas. It was so striking that comedian, Lee Mack, who joined the protest, stopped in front of the gallery to snap a photo.
Dawn Titherington, owner of Windermere Fine Art, said: “The plight of Windermere and its current pollution levels are very concerning, not just for those who enjoy water sports there, but also the wildlife and the wider environment and the town. We don’t want to have this reputation within the Lakes, north west or wider and so anything we can do to help support this great cause and raise awareness is worthwhile.”
Save Windermere was founded by Matt Staniek in 2020 after the news about how much sewage was flowing via rivers into Windermere. The team is campaigning for short term goals to deliver better regulation, reporting and monitoring as well as reviews on all permits for sewer overflows and tightening discharge limits to help reduce the amount of sewage in Windermere.
