Rebel with a cause

Rebel with a cause – Original Coloured Pencil Artwork

A quiet act of rebellion.

This piece places red pandas into an urban space — hooded, paint-splattered, mid-interruption — blurring the line between street art and wildlife. One watches, one acts. The wall carries messages about getting lost, finding yourself, and leaving a mark. None of it is accidental.

Red pandas are often seen as endearing and harmless, yet they are increasingly vulnerable, pushed to the edges by habitat loss and human expansion. Real with a cause plays with that contrast — charm against reality, humour against consequence. The result is light on the surface, but deliberate underneath.

Drawn in coloured pencil with a focus on realism and texture, this work sits where wild meets urban. It uses humour as a hook, but responsibility as the message. Because sometimes the loudest statements aren’t shouted — they’re left behind.

This work exists as playful disruption — asking who really belongs on the walls we build.

Polychromos pencils on Pastelmat paper A4