Debbie Green
Creator of the Colourful Women Project
Many thanks to Jackie White and to everyone who encouraged me to pursue this project.
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About the Colourful Women Project
About the Colourful Women Project
The Colourful Women exhibition is on display at the Alchemy Experiment, Byres Road, Glasgow for one week from Friday 6 March 2026.
It was in the winter of 2024 that I spotted the front cover of a Sunday magazine. It featured a stunning photograph of Sinead O'Connor, the Irish singer. I was completely fixated with it and decided to have a go at painting it myself. The first painting was in black and white like the photo. However then I thought it might look better in blue to represent the singer’s mood in the picture.
The next painting was of Malala Yousefzai. I had just read her autobiography, Malala, as she had received a Nobel peace prize for her fight for the right of every girl to receive an education. This was painted in yellow and red.
After that I was on a roll. I thought of more inspirational women who were well known, but had also overcome difficulties in their lives. My portraits included Ellie Simmonds, the Paralympic swimmer, Diane Abbott, the politician and Rosie Jones, the comedian.
Over the course of six months I painted 20 women, all in different colours. Usually I tried to use colours to represent the women in some way. I called these paintings ‘Colourful Women’ for obvious reasons.
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