XL
Created by: Alex Echo
Sponsored by: NEXT
Location: Bath House Lane
Overview
Invited by proud Stomp Round Leicester partners NEXT, internationally renowned artist Alex Echo happily became an elephant painter, saying: “LOROS and NEXT told me the elephant was extra-large (XL), and that it was to celebrate LOROS’s 40th year – which appropriately is XL in Roman numerals. I immediately thought of 40 colours to honour each year. Painting is a dance, and I didn’t want to dance alone, so I invited people from the Leicester community – including LOROS nurses and patients – to join in the painting. Life is a shared dance!”
Location
Bath House Lane
Meet the Artist
Alex Echo
Alex has been creating art for four decades and is completely self-taught. His prestigious career has seen him work on projects with Paul Smith, Paul Weller and the Glyndebourne opera house and design a bespoke guitar for Eric Clapton.
Meet the Sponsor
NEXT
Next plc, is a British multinational clothing, footwear and home products retailer, which has its headquarters in Enderby, Leicester. It has around 700 stores and is the largest clothing retailer by sales in the United Kingdom.
Next is particularly focused on supporting charities and organisations that have an impact in the communities we work in. Our local staff are fond supporters of LOROS and we are honoured as a business to be able to contribute to this.
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