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every month, we give a grant out to a working class creative whose work we wanna see more of. for april 2026, that’s the artist Ajea Zahid with funding coming directly from our readers -> this month, readers Lorenzo and Fahad. thanks!!

a painting of a group of people sat around a table low on the ground with some oranges between them, and someone on a red couch in the background. the style is painterly, thick daubs, muted colours, rough details

In the Company of Another, 2025, 152 x 121 Oil on Canvas

a close-up of the previous painting showing there are oranges on the table, and the faces are vague

a painting of a man as he sits on the edge of a bed wearing a dark jacket, a light blue shirt showing by the collar, the man has hands together on his lap and it has a sad feeling

I Need a Minute, 2025, 91 x 76 Oil on Canvas

a close up of the previous painting showing the man's face is made up of curls of brushstrokes that carry on through the curls in his hair

a painting of three people close together, vague and slightly abstract in the big wavy brushstrokes, as they reach hands out towards a pile of oranges on the floor next to them

Orange Picking, 2024, 106 x 91 Oil on Canvas

a close up of the previous painting showing the big brushstrokes that make up the clothes, which look like a shirt, and then a cloak like garment around one of their shoulders

the grant

this is completely reader-funded by you lot! This month’s support is thanks to Lorenzo and Fahad. If you wanna donate to keep the grant going to support more working class creatives, please email us (info [at] the white pube [dot] com). You can find previous grant recipients plus FAQs here