Many commentators have cited Obama's historic rise to the Presidency and global stardom, as a revival of eloquence in the art of rhetoric.Equally, his campaign's use of Sheppard Fairey's HOPE' poster, has shown us the potential for iconic images to symbolise and galvanise ideas and movements.

Whilst searching for suitable images for my work, I discovered a flash website that enables users to convert images to imitate the HOPE poster. I found the simple, democratic mechanism of site extremely interesting, so I've decided to use images produced online as a starting point for a new series of artworks.