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As Above, So Below. (diptych) 2020. Acrylic on canvas. 100x160cm
Passover, Easter, Remembrance DayAs Above, So Below. (diptych) 2020. Acrylic on canvas. 100x160cmWe have just enjoyed a long Easter weekend – great time for chocolate eggs and cuddly bunnies, but actually, it’s a reminder of the testimony to the victory of good over evil. Passover, the week before, tells the story of the passage of a people from slavery to freedom.
Yom Ha’Shoah or Remembrance Day beginning tomorrow, memorialises the death of 6 million Jews at the hands of the Nazis during World War II…..a lesson never to be forgotten.
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WORLD WATER DAY
Lovers in Water. 1986, Oil on canvasLovers in Water. 1986, Oil on canvas. 46x38cmIn 1993 the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution declaring 22nd March as World Day for Water. Every year, we are reminded that water and sanitation are essential to social and environmental sustainability. Universally, Covid has forced us to reconsider hand hygiene, making us value water (this year’s theme) with new appreciation
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World Water Day
North South. 2020. Acrylic on canvas. 80x100cmNorth South. 2020. Acrylic on canvas. 80x100cmIntroducing land/seascapes to my practice, the title of this horizontal work suggests that the fundamental power of water/sea is a common imperative to our universal survival. It is not surprising that the first consideration space scientists search for as evidence of life, is the existence of water.
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World Water Day
Jonah. 2020. Acrylic on canvas. 100x160cmJonah. 2020. Acrylic on canvas. 100x140cmThis work firmly attaches itself to the biblical narrative. Water is not only central to our physical needs, but it also nourishes our spiritual selves. I find it fascinating that metaphors for life itself, fertility, rebirth, purification or transcendence are shared by so many world religions.
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International Day of the Forests
Maida Vale. 2020. Acrylic on canvas. 140x80cmMaida Vale. 2020. Acrylic on canvas. 140x80cmThe theme this year is ‘Forest restoration: a path to recovery and well-being’. It also fits into the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration (2021-2030) which calls for the protection and revival of ecosystems around the world.
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Instagram Live tonight. COUPLING
LINKS not NUDE. Origin of metaphor or avatar.Moonstruck. 2010. Acrylic on canvas. 100x100cmApprehensive in anticipation of tonight's Live sharing on Instagram. What will I remember/forget to say????? Best to note ideas for consideration here.
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HOME AND HEARTH. 2012. Oil on canvas. 180x200cm
Mother's DayHome and Hearth. 2012. Oil on canvas. 180x200cmNotwithstanding considerations of enormous commercial and subsequent monetisation (comparable to Christmas or Halloween), Mother’s Day is a moment to pause. Parenting for me is the biggest challenge we share. Besides challenging physical requirements, the responsibility of establishing a moral compass and steering a child through rocky tumultuous terrains is a mammoth task - relentless and never ending.
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National No Smoking Day
Smoker. 1997. Oil on canvas. 131x161cmSmoker. 1997. Oil on canvas. 131x161cmNever having smoked, I am fascinated by the ritual of smokers.....the sustained moment of pleasure for those who inhale seems to ritualise and mesmerise seductively.
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PLAY OF DANIEL. 1987. Oil on canvas. 165x295cm
Anticipating live on Instagram on Monday eveningPlay of Daniel. 1987. Oil on canvas. 165x295cmIn celebration of International Women's Day on Monday 8th, I plan to go live on Instagram. There are so many considerations, and so many pertinent paintings that I could speak about, I’m not sure where to start.
With the advantage of digital space and as I don’t have this work in the studio, I thought it practical to speak about some issues here which address certain gender related preoccupations which are being re-evaluated and redefined passionately as never before.
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Wishful Thinking
Wishful Thinking 2021. Two works juxtaposed to make a pointWishful Thinking 2021. Two works juxtaposed, each 76x56cm -
NEW BEGINNNGS II. On Reflection.
Contemplating the voidOn Reflection. 2021. Mixed media on Fabriano paper. 76x56cmOn Reflection.
Abstract coloured spheres and circles in 'New Beginnings', created a visual space calling for a human presence in visual terms. Just as we have missed friends and family over the last year, the abstract image called to me for human intervention. By natural progression, three figures were superimposed.
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NEW BEGINNINGS
re boot 2021New Beginnings in progress. Acrylic on Fabriano paper.76x56cmNew Beginnings.
We’ve all been challenged in ways never before imagined over the last year. The pandemic forced us to re-evaluate, re consider and reinvent ourselves to survive both personally and collectively.
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This is a homage to the German Romantic landscape painter Caspar David Friedrich
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Transmigration. 2020. A/C.140x100cm
Ideas of lives lived in this manifestation or any other manifestation, suggested by imaginary land/skyscape in two dimensional form.
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Studio sea/sky scapes Jan 2020
work seen in winter light
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On the Fourth Day. 2020. Acrylic on Canvas. 100x80cm
In biblical terms, it is written that the Sun, Moon and Stars were created on this day.
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Day Four. 2020. A/C. 100x80cm
Swirling drips and marks sweeping across the work allude to the fourth day of Creation.