This exhibition is the culmination of 20 years of work and contains pieces that integrate time and place as living elements within them 
It tells an intimate story of loss, healing, and ultimately, hope.

Home brings together two parallel threads of my practice. The first is my studio work, where I explore the creative process as a personal ritual. This began by exploring movement, light, and the energy of places and developed into an exploration of time and material itself. The tension within the creative process revealing emotive landscapes. Where time bears witness and each mark is a record of presence.  
The second is my public practice. Through space creation, installations and participatory experiences, I use art, laughter and play to explore how creativity unites us and how shared experience creates connection and belonging. 

This exhibition interweaves these two threads to explore art as both a personal practice and collective experience. It will contain;
•    Completed 2D multimedia works constructed with paint, chalk, plaster, and natural processes on canvas and board. These use pattern, process and material to create emotive abstract landscapes. 
•    3 x Sculptures/installations. These works explore personal experience and their relationship to the seasons. They use a combination of natural and man-made materials to share stories of experience and place.
•    A series of smaller charcoal drawings and a large-scale work on linen
•    A light and sound installation

The unifying concept of the exhibition is a work titled Safe Spaces.
Its inspired by my mental health recovery.
When I was at my lowest point, I didn’t feel safe within myself. Within my recovery, I was able to create a safe place for myself. As I grew stronger, I found safe spaces in my community where I felt seen and valued. Now that I'm me, I share this space with others.

In contrast to my bold, expressive abstract work, this series uses raw hand drawn forms on textiles to capture an intimate honesty. It also reflects the experience of loss and the rawness of the healing process. 
 
The circles are personal and an extension of my previous work, They tell my story and communicates broader themes of: 
•    The passage of time and the relationship between past, present and future.
•   The relationship between the earthly and divine
•    Physical, emotional and cognitive landscapes
•    The finding of voice and the power of storytelling
•    The experience of place and feeling of belonging.

As I prepare to share my work, I’ve been reflecting on the viewer’s relationship to it. My past experience creating community spaces and participatory works, as well as my recent experience volunteering with the Creative Learning Department at AGWA, have inspired me to think about the gallery as a language in itself. To use scale, silhouette, and spatial presence to invite the viewer inside the landscapes I’m creating. To project the experience of this journey across time and space.

I'm currently exploring this concept in my studio