Seeing a photograph in the newspaper of a female refugee wading through water in the dark impelled me to do this drawing. Where is home? is the first work I’ve done that touches on social comment and politics.
Where is home? (2016) oil pastel on paper, 210mm x 297mm
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The Thames Estuary is tidal and widens, with mud flats and marshes as you approach the sea, and here it’s a haven for birds and wildlife.
The Estuary (2016) oil on canvas, 50cm x 50cm
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Memories of long-ago childhood Sundays inspired this work.
Sundays (2015), oil on paper, 50.8cm x 40.6cm
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A charcoal drawing, made through the observation of a sea shell and a photograph of a rural landscape, inspired this abstract oil painting.
Shells + tree (2015), oil on canvas, 40.6cm x 50.8cm
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