Student’s art shines a light on Littlehampton war hero

By The Newsroom
Published 19th Nov 2014, 11:46 BST
Rosie Edmondson, 15, a student at The Littlehampton Academy, has used the harrowing tale of family friend and Second World War veteran, Dennis Hosgood, as the inspiration behind her GCSE art project SUS-140711-150729001Rosie Edmondson, 15, a student at The Littlehampton Academy, has used the harrowing tale of family friend and Second World War veteran, Dennis Hosgood, as the inspiration behind her GCSE art project SUS-140711-150729001
Rosie Edmondson, 15, a student at The Littlehampton Academy, has used the harrowing tale of family friend and Second World War veteran, Dennis Hosgood, as the inspiration behind her GCSE art project SUS-140711-150729001
IT WAS a telegram sent almost 70 years ago by a concerned mother who had lost contact with her soldier son.

But this week, that very telegram message – or at least a copy of it – was the backdrop to a Littlehampton teenager’s impressive art project.

Rosie Edmondson, 15, a student at The Littlehampton Academy, has used the harrowing tale of family friend and Second World War veteran, Dennis Hosgood, as the inspiration behind her GCSE art project.

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She used a black ballpoint pen to draw a dramatic sketch of the 88-year-old’s face on a copy of the telegram in an effort to raise awareness of the war in a different way.

Inspired by London-based artist Mark Powell’s Biro portraits, Rosie said: “I just thought that it was quite a strong story and that not many people would have known about it.”