We have all been affected by the global Covid-19 pandemic. Whether this has been through changes to our lifestyle, our jobs and financial circumstances, our health (both physical and emotional), through loss (of loved ones or strangers) or to the highly visceral environmental ramifications lockdown has had, we have experienced something deeply transformational.
Personally, I have been safe and well in this relatively sparsely populated coastal area of southwest England and have taken full advantage of the space to respond creatively to the “unprecedented” situation. I have got to know the transient beauty of Nature around my home more deeply through walking and cycling regularly, while also keeping up to date with the ever shifting existential global drama through media coverage.
This body of work, primarily painted and drawn using local Cornish earth pigments on a variety of salvaged, found and repurposed surfaces, is just part of my creative output during this time. The pieces represent intuitive conversations between myself, the materials and the uncertainty manifested by the ongoing global and local situation…
