I made four versions of “mean toil³: ‘Sweat & Blood’, ‘Read All About It Typeface!’, ‘It’s in Black and White’ and ‘Neon Alarm Bells’. All artworks shown within this article.

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‘Read All About It Typeface’ is primarily yellow and green. This style has an etched quality to the words. You could read this as a simile to contracted hours with the idea of crying out and sobbing etc included in the contract. At least for now.

‘It’s In Black and White’ is in monochrome with the titling purposely eluding to racial inequality within the workplace, globally. Of course, my message is to all employers around the world, not just specifically to any particular nation, culture or group of persons.

‘Neon Alarm Bells’ aptly describes the bright colours to this artwork, for attention. The titling is an allusion to workers hours. The alarm is a siren for early mornings and late evenings in terms of unacceptable numbers of hours per day and/or per week.

I intend these artworks to make a difference, globally.