Melodies Unheard - May 2007
Artists Open House, Hove
Reminiscences about my mother’s memorable ‘Venetian’ skirt have been the inspiration for this installation, caught on camera by my father on a warm summer’s day in 1963. Female members of the family have been gathered together in the garden with the pet budgie to pose for the snapshot.
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Frozen Moments - May 2006
Artists Open House, Hove
The work for this installation is inspired by the idea of capturing a moment in time from the past and to give it permanence whilst also presenting its fragile and fleeting nature. In this instance a memory from childhood was the catalyst for making.
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Ice Dresses - December 2005
The Point Hairdressers, Brighton
The work for the exhibition, ‘Ice Dresses’ is autobiographical in nature, incorporating ideas which attempt to capture real and imagined moments from the past. In this instance, it involves the ‘freezing’ of time and material within the story of the Snow Queen fairytale.
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21st Century Alchemists - September 2004
Worthing Museum
"All these artists are aware of and influenced by the need to recycle but it doesn’t necessarily mean that recycled art is synonymous with ecological art. What inspires these artists are the unique qualities of the materials themselves as well as the imagination required to transform discarded objects into new, desirable works of art."
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Boys and Girls - May 2004
Connaught Centre, Hove
Several installations comprising one or more dresses have been reformed and/or created for this exhibition acknowledging the key themes of identity and memory. As before, the work makes reference to specific events based on real experiences as well as imagined encounters.
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Journeys Through Texture & Colour - April 2004
Greenstede Gallery, East Grinsted
The pieces displayed in this exhibition have been made in response to explorations of my own personal history and ‘snapshots’ of particular moments in time. The figure continues to be a central theme in my sculpture and a vehicle for personal expression.
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History, Memory, Identity - May 2003
Artists Open House, Brighton
The figure has always been a central theme in my sculpture and a vehicle for personal expression, but more recently I have used clothing and a range of recycled materials specifically to investigate personal and social identity.
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