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Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill is an athlete who has brought gold to the Steel City many times throughout her career.
Born and living in Sheffield, she has celebrated a lifetime of incredible achievements – including her historic win at the London 2012 Olympics and her three world titles.
Artist Natasha Clarke incorporates stunning portraits of Jessica alongside Yorkshire wildflowers and the Jamaican Doctor Bird, a nod to their shared Jamaican heritage.
If you look closely, you might even find a signature from The Dame herself!
The artist
Natasha Clarke
Natasha Clarke is a South Yorkshire based fine artist and muralist whose work explores beauty, femininity, and female autonomy. Informed by her mixed-heritage background, White British and Black Jamaican, Natasha brings these two cultural influences into dialogue within her practice, creating work that reflects both intersection and exchange.
Her portraits celebrate women of all ethnicities and races, challenging traditional representations and expanding the visual language of beauty. Through considered composition and perspective, Natasha repositions the female subject within the frame. Figures are often turned away, their identities partially obscured, or viewed from a worm’s-eye perspective, elevating their presence and shifting the dynamic between subject and viewer.
These intentional gestures disrupt the historical conventions of the male gaze, allowing the women depicted to exist beyond expectation, with a sense of autonomy, dignity, and quiet power.
Alongside her studio practice, Clarke works in the public sector and is one half of the mural duo UNFURL @unfurl.murals
Based in: Doncaster | See her work: @natashaclarkeart | Find out more: www.natashaclarkeart.com
The sponsor
Everyone Active
Everyone Active operates Sheffield’s leisure sites, delivering inclusive opportunities for all ages. From children’s activities that build confidence and skills, to adult programmes that inspire healthier lifestyles, their mission is to help communities get active and stay active together.
Everyone Active are proud to support Sheffield families with accessible, high‑quality facilities and a wide range of sessions that encourage wellbeing, participation, and lifelong enjoyment of sport and fitness.
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