When you enquire, "What exactly is it that you do?", "That all depends at what time and on which day you ask." I will reply.
Essentially I am an artist but raised eyebrows and crooked necks reduce me to the cliche I had always tried to ellude.
I am trying to do as much as I can because I loath apathy and the unimaginative.
"So you are a painter, then?" you probe on despite my ellusive and awkward response.
Drawings dominate my work. They are my thoughts, notes, interpretations of a bizarre human world. Ideas can determine materials I use and what I create and I am equally content with sculpture, baking, gardening, sewing, illustrating and designing, collecting, arranging.
I admit that my drawings stem from my world and simply reflect my aim to move towards integrating my artistic output with how I fill my life. But why should I present a false perspective to an audience? Drawing simply allows me fewer excuses and fewer variables to negotiate and allows no room for those excuses dictated by spaces or funds.
Possibly my life is precious to me alone, I would be foolish to do something which I loath to function. To do so I continue to exhibit work to amuse myself and the crowd, ultimately to make images that have substance and are satisfying.
Drawn Out Website
"She is not a god like creature, perched higher on a plinth, or a puppeteer directing her play. Today she is just a human, realising the complexity of it all.
If just one hand, finger or joint moves, twitches or trembles the reality of cause, effect and responsibility of actions all become clear.
She is filled by thoughts of the world below ground where the majority of the world's biomass lives in the soil. Humans occupy just a thin layer, a crusty film where our visibility lures us into a false sense of importance on this spinning world.
Our impact is enormous and each move sends repercussions out for bacteria, bees, man and trees.
"And what now should I do?" she ponders, "Sit and wait?"
Her answer lies in all that went before and the endless possibilities in her choices.
"Oh the interconnectedness!" she sighs.
Various works in progress, 2007
Drawings and sketches from my studio and sketchbooks. All in progress. Autumn 2006 - Autumn 2007. 2D visual art. Drawing based imagery. Various.
