FOR BLANCHE

Yesterday would have been my mother's 119th birthday if she was still here. To honour Blanche and celebrate her I made this sort of manifesto.

PATTERNS

I'm participating in TEXTUS, an exhibition and project which will unfold over the summer at Torriano Meeting House.

TEXTUS is curated by Lottie Marie Mc Crindell and Kezzie Florin Sefton, two wonderfully creative young women I recently met and instantly became firm friends with. Although textiles haven't appeared in my work before, I was inspired by this project and decided a few weeks ago to play with remnants of fabrics I'd saved, adding cut-out words. Here's the result:

Patterns Endlessly Repeated In The Mind NdA 2023 Textiles, paper, cardboard, gouache, acrylic, wood. 51 x 79 cms(20 x 31 inches)

EASTER WISHES

Today I wish you renewal and resurrection, whatever this may mean to you personally. I wish you encouragement and warmth and the kind of attention that lifts the spirit and brings light into darkness. Happy Sunday, however you celebrate it.

TWO SIDES OF THE CROSS