Return to Sales Homepage
Woodsy Bransfield’s
Watercolour Whistleblowers
Available Works
For all work enquires, email info@castor.gallery
Chelsea
Watercolour and pencil on paper in artist’s frame
72 x 55 cm, 2026
£2700 + vat
Whilst working as a US Army intelligence analyst, Chelsea Manning, aged just 22 at the time, leaked hundreds of thousands of classified documents to Julian Assange’s WikiLeaks in 2010. The materials included the Iraq and Afghanistan war logs and the “Collateral Murder” video, exposing civilian casualties and opaque military practices. Her disclosures sparked global debate about war ethics, transparency, and the limits of state secrecy.
Marsha
Watercolour and pencil on paper in artist’s frame
72 x 55 cm, 2026
£2700 + vat
Marsha Coleman Adebayo, former policy analyst at the United States Environmental Protection Agency, exposed environmental racism tied to US corporate practices abroad. She revealed that US officials failed to act on toxic vanadium mining conditions affecting Black South African workers. Her case led to a landmark legal victory and contributed to the passing of the No FEAR Act protecting federal whistleblowers.
Jeffrey
Watercolour on paper
28.5 x 38.5cm, 2026
£1500 + vat
Jeffrey Alexander Sterling was arrested, charged, and convicted of violating the Espionage Act for revealing details about Operation Merlin (a covert operation to supply Iran with flawed nuclear warhead blueprints) whilst working as a CIA operative.
Katharine
Watercolour and pencil on paper
28.5 x 38.5cm 2026
£1500 + vat
Whilst working as a translator at GCHQ, Katharine Gun leaked a top-secret NSA memo in 2003. The document revealed a US-led effort to spy on UN diplomats to secure support for the Iraq War. Her prosecution under the Official Secrets Act was dropped, and the case became a defining moment in debates over the legality of the war.
Richard
Watercolour and pencil on paper
28.5 x 38.5cm, 2026
£1500 + vat
Richard M. Bowen served as senior vice president at Citigroup, who warned executives about widespread mortgage fraud. He reported that a majority of loans being purchased were defective and posed systemic risk. His ignored warnings later became emblematic of the failures that led to the 2008 financial crisis.
Sibel
Watercolour and pencil on paper
28.5 x 38.5cm, 2026
£1500 + vat
Sibel Edmonds, a former translator for the Federal Bureau of Investigation, raised concerns after 9/11. She alleged serious security breaches, translation backlogs, and possible intelligence cover-ups involving foreign operatives. Her case became one of the most controversial whistleblower disputes, involving extensive use of the state secrets privilege.
Mukesh
Watercolour and pencil on paper
20.5 x 28.5cm, 2026
£1300 + vat
Mukesh Kapila served as Humanitarian Coordinator for the United Nations in Sudan during the Darfur crisis. He publicly described the violence as ethnic cleansing and compared it to the Rwandan Genocide, breaking with diplomatic caution. His statements drew global attention to the scale of atrocities and pressured international response.