STATEMENT

Urban landscape, classical architecture and ancient ruins have been an inexhaustible source of inspiration for many years.

A fascination with the juxtaposition of buildings and ruins in landscape, the superimposition of form, has led to

the type of monumental layering found in many of my pieces.
Layering is a fundamental element in my work. Using the basic concept of the quilt - the layering of fabrics - panels are constructed and in turn layered to give depth of composition.
Exploiting the tactility of thread and stitch, to interpret surfaces ravaged by time and the elements, is imperative to my work. In turn the layering of stitchery adds a further dimension whilst exploring surface texture.

More recently I have become fascinated by the mysterious world of cave temples an underground quarry systems.
"It's the stones that speak" their weathered surfaces bearing intriguing marks left by man offer a wealth of inspiration for my own mark-making in fabric, paint and stitch.

 

 

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