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Memorials to lost trees.

Over the past year I have been working on a series of small assemblages made from plastic waste collected during my daily walk in the Hampshire countryside. These ‘bouquets’ and ‘floral tributes’ were started during my residency at Chapel Arts Studios, discussed in my previous post. The experience of the daily drive on busy AContinue reading “Memorials to lost trees.”

Verge

I recently took advantage of an opportunity open to CAS Associate Artists to takeover the gallery space at St Mary’s Chapel, Andover, Hampshire. I used the Chapel for a week to test and document new work that is concerned with the life of the verge. The journey to and from Andover along the major trunkContinue reading “Verge”

The Spring/Summer iteration.

Earlier in the year I answered an open call and had my proposal accepted for a site specific work as part of an artist-run competition run by Little Forest Land Art. The site is one of ancient woodland, on the edge of a meadow, on what was once a pig farm. A woodland path hasContinue reading “The Spring/Summer iteration.”

Assemblage.

Over the past year I have been working on a series of sculptures that beg to be experienced as a group. Each individual employs assemblage techniques with salvaged materials ranging from discarded domestic fabric to brick, steel and fencing wire. These works are assemblages in a number of senses. Firstly, in the bricolage tradition ofContinue reading “Assemblage.”

On Thin Soil

I’ve recently had the opportunity to bring a piece of work together that has been in gestation for nearly two and a half years. In May 2020, in Covid lockdown, I noticed beech seedlings growing in the mud of a rural track normally driven on by off-roaders. Knowing that the vehicles would soon be backContinue reading “On Thin Soil”

Launching together.

Since October last year, I’ve been involved with the launch of an artists’ collective. We are six women artists and we call ourselves Splynta, signifying something a bit spiky, under the skin and breaking away. The idea of the collective evolved during our second year on the part-time MA Fine Art at UCA, Farnham. TheContinue reading “Launching together.”

Observations of Brutality and Resilience.

Over recent months I’ve been working with my own photographs and drawings of barbed wire fencing stapled to trees to develop a body of work that begins to express links between the abuse of nature and our bodies. Observing the resilience of these trees that grow around the brutally stapled wire, and seeing forms reminiscentContinue reading “Observations of Brutality and Resilience.”

Public Engagement – Winter Sculpture Park.

This ambitious exhibition curated by Gallery No.32 on public access land in Bexley, South East London has now drawn to a close and the work is being removed from the site. The install back in February was challenged by the arrival of Storm Eunice that blew some of the works over even before the showContinue reading “Public Engagement – Winter Sculpture Park.”

Showing in the Open Air

February is not the best time of year to be involved in an outdoor exhibition, however it is also not the moment to say ‘no’ to a wonderful opportunity to site a piece of work in a public space. Gallery No.32 is an artist-run initiative started during the Covid lockdown as a space for artistsContinue reading “Showing in the Open Air”

Calling for Action.

This week I attended a fascinating conference hosted by Surrey Hills Arts at The University of Surrey in Guildford. The event brought together artists who work with and in the landscape to present their work and to tackle the question “How can we inspire action?” to tackle the climate and biodiversity emergency. The first presentationContinue reading “Calling for Action.”