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FRAGMENTS AND THREADS

 

This body of work explores childhood memory, and how an experience of loss can lodge in the subconscious and become bittersweet over the passage of time. The lines and splatter represent the unpredictability and fugitive nature of memory. Whilst painting I have often wondered if what I was remembering was true. Might the memory have already altered and continue to recur differently over time? The lines are like temporal threads, interweaving, connecting and having a life of their own. In my work I want to create tension between memory, time and emotion, bringing together the opposing elements of chaos and harmony. Randomness is embedded in the under-painting through the intuitive use of colour and fluid material agencies. After this phase I decide on the imagery and work to harmonise the background and foreground into one cohesive whole.

2024, Lineage, oil and acrylic on stretched canvas

2024, Happy Families, oil and acrylic on stretched canvas

2024, Bribery, oil and acrylic on stretched canvas

2024, My Girl, oil and acrylic on stretched canvas

2024, There They Go, oil and acrylic on stretched canvas

A SHARED JOURNEY

 

Pierogi was cooked by my grandmother growing up. She had escaped Poland in the war and sought refuge in England. Recently, my daughter and I visited Poland, and one of the main foods we consumed was Pierogi, Polish dumplings. My auntie contacted me when she saw my post on Facebook about this delicious food and told me about her trip to Poland with my grandmother and my mother to celebrate her 70th birthday. Food brings us together, this food was cheap and filling when people had little money, but now it’s a speciality. As a child, I only knew of Pierogi, but how many other countries have their own version of the dumpling? They can be likened to us too; we may think we have so many differences, but underneath, we have more in common than we presume.

2025, A Shared Journey, oil and acrylic on stretched canvas

2024, Mothers and Daughters, oil and acrylic on stretched canvas

2024, Crossover, oil and acrylic on stretched canvas

2024, Not a Proper Holiday, oil and acrylic stretched canvas

2024, Burning Fields, oil and acrylic stretched canvas

2024, Galahads, oil on stretched canvas

2024, Hiding Sky, oil on stretched canvas

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