Painting Live outside the Danish Parliament.

Client: Leah Robb

Category: The Danish Parliament

Date: June 2025

I borrowed a trailer and some scaffolding from the Freetown Christiania and made my way towards Copenhagen centre to paint Live outside the Danish Parliament. I had not specifically asked for permission, but was advised by the Peace Demonstration coordinator to just do it – that there was positivity towards art from Christiansborg.

The painting I was going to make was a result of increased negativity towards muslims after the Copenhagen shootings on 14th Feb. I chose the story of how the sun and the wind competed to get a man to take his coat off, because it reminds us that gentle love is a more effective response than hateful force.