My Awakenings series is about coming out of a dark time and embracing and creating and looking forward to a new future.
I hadn’t worked with black out of the tube for, oh, many years, and then one day I felt the urge to do so. Black, in one colour system, is viewed as the absence of colour; in another, it is all the colours together. Interesting!
This work began as I processed my recovery from breast cancer. Cancer has a tendency to make you rethink your life… My recovery from cancer was closely followed by another medical complication in which I narrowly escaped death — clearly it was not my time just yet.
So, I am exploring what issues created the dis-ease, as I have always believed that our physical problems are directly linked to our emotional ones. And looking at what I have learned from the experiences and how I can use this in my work — both painting and other work. As my painting always reflects my life, this is still evolving. Below is what is completed to date.
woman emerging
oil on batik printed cotton – 45 x 60 cmI am Me
oil on batik printed cotton – 45 x 60 cmI dare…
oil on batik printed cotton – 45 x 60 cmawakening
oil on cotton, pasted on board with mosaic border – 60 x 75 cmmorning pages
oil on cotton, pasted on board with mosaic border – 60 x 75 cmembracing change
oil on cotton, pasted on board with mosaic border – 60 x 75 cmafter a dark winter of the soul
oil on cotton, pasted on board with mosaic border – 100 x 120 cmlockdown pages: monday
oil on cotton, pasted on board with mosaic border – 40 x 40 cmlockdown pages: tuesday
oil on cotton, pasted on board with mosaic border – 40 x 40 cmlockdown pages: thursday
oil on cotton, pasted on board with mosaic border – 40 x 40 cmlockdown pages: friday
oil on cotton, pasted on board with mosaic border – 40 x 40 cmEsther
oil on cotton
46 x 51 cmJuliet
oil on cotton
46 x 51 cmAmber
oil on cotton
46 x 51 cmMary
oil on cotton
46 x 51 cmAmanda
oil on cotton
46 x 51 cmSuzy
oil on cotton
46 x 51 cm