Description

Senses Graffiti Derbyshire is a piece of Derbyshire graffiti art that reinterprets the county flag through colour, texture, and sensory language. The familiar green cross and deep blue quarters form the structure of the work, referencing the landscape, rivers, and resilience of a region shaped by both nature and industry.

At the centre sits the Tudor rose, traditionally a symbol of unity, but here intensified and unsettled, glowing with an unnatural presence. Around it appear the recurring sensory pairings: HEAR&LISTEN, LEARN&KNOW, LOOK&SEE, SMELL&SCENT, TASTE&SAVOUR, and TOUCH&FEEL. Stencilled in sharp blues and acidic greens, the words hover like traces of labour and lived experience.

The work reflects on Derbyshire’s role in the Industrial Revolution, from mills and railways to the systems of production that reshaped daily life. Beneath the sprayed pigment and fading text, that history remains present, suggesting how industry not only transformed landscapes but also altered perception itself.

This is not a nostalgic image. Distortion, blur, and energetic splatter point toward disruption and change. The sensory language resists easy reading, mirroring the complexity of post-industrial identity and the ongoing process of re-sensing place after its economic function has shifted.

Created in Derbyshire, June 2025.

Original artwork specifications

• Stretched Canvas
• Glossy Spray paint Gold & Multi colour
• Varnish
• 60 x 60 x 1.5 cm
• Unique artwork

Canvas may have a slight size deviation up to a few millimetres.