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This Side Up: Painted Series

Title:

New Peaks

Location:

Paper Mountain

2021

This Side Up: Painted series, 2021, Mixed media on cotton watercolour paper, 21 x 14.8cm (1-12), Photo: Courtesy of the artist
This Side Up: Painted series, 2021, Mixed media on cotton watercolour paper, 21 x 14.8cm (1-12), Photo: Courtesy of the artist

This Side Up is an investigation into the disruption of routine and comfort within the domestic sphere.  This exploration has been evoked by the process of having to move house and minimise our accumulated belongings into a mobile home. 

The process of packing challenges the monetary and sentimental value of my belongings as I contemplate and question what to discard. 

This series of work continues my ongoing fascination with the relationships between ready-made objects and their interaction with interior spaces. It suggests feelings of confinement and restriction through the intimate use of revived household materials and simple motifs. 

Although this is a time of uncertainty, (with an unknown journey ahead) a sense of clarity and calm comes from clearing the clutter. Disrupting the isolation of suburban life, to allow a closer connection with humanity.


This Side Up: Painted series, 2021, Mixed media on cotton watercolour paper, 21 x 14.8cm, Photo: Courtesy of the artist
This Side Up: Painted series, 2021, Mixed media on cotton watercolour paper, 21 x 14.8cm, Photo: Courtesy of the artist
This Side Up: Painted series (detail), 2021, Mixed media on cotton watercolour paper, 21 x 14.8cm, Photo: Courtesy of the artist
This Side Up: Painted series (Installation view), 2021, Mixed media on cotton watercolour paper, (1-12) 21 x 14.8cm, Photo: Courtesy of the artist