Quarry
The final piece in the series is called Quarry. It’s more hopeful than the others as it speaks to acceptance. The sun setting in a red sky evokes the old “sailors’ delight” saying. My parents' new place is located in a gated community which is surrounded by what looks like a quarry on one side. It brought me positive memories of climbing with friends in the peak district and helped me feel optimistic about the changes.
Acrylic and collage on paper. Signed on the back.
9 in X 12 in (23 cm X 30 cm)
This collection is very personal for me. It’s a reflection of feeling unmoored since my parents sold my childhood home a few years ago (I don’t blame them btw!). The concept of home is so sacred and comforting. I have been missing the attachment to the physical place. Even though I’ve lived from home since I turned 18, it was always somewhere I could go back to. This year, I’ve been struggling with uncertainty around my home given I’m renting my current place in London. The series shows abstract distant views of places familiar to me from in and around my hometown of Cohasset, Massachusetts. There is a playfulness as well as a nostalgic distance. There’s also an openness expressed through the blocks of colours that reflect the ambiguity of the future while the details in the distance show the finality of the past. For me, creating these pieces was a way to cope and process the ungrounding.
The final piece in the series is called Quarry. It’s more hopeful than the others as it speaks to acceptance. The sun setting in a red sky evokes the old “sailors’ delight” saying. My parents' new place is located in a gated community which is surrounded by what looks like a quarry on one side. It brought me positive memories of climbing with friends in the peak district and helped me feel optimistic about the changes.
Acrylic and collage on paper. Signed on the back.
9 in X 12 in (23 cm X 30 cm)
This collection is very personal for me. It’s a reflection of feeling unmoored since my parents sold my childhood home a few years ago (I don’t blame them btw!). The concept of home is so sacred and comforting. I have been missing the attachment to the physical place. Even though I’ve lived from home since I turned 18, it was always somewhere I could go back to. This year, I’ve been struggling with uncertainty around my home given I’m renting my current place in London. The series shows abstract distant views of places familiar to me from in and around my hometown of Cohasset, Massachusetts. There is a playfulness as well as a nostalgic distance. There’s also an openness expressed through the blocks of colours that reflect the ambiguity of the future while the details in the distance show the finality of the past. For me, creating these pieces was a way to cope and process the ungrounding.
The final piece in the series is called Quarry. It’s more hopeful than the others as it speaks to acceptance. The sun setting in a red sky evokes the old “sailors’ delight” saying. My parents' new place is located in a gated community which is surrounded by what looks like a quarry on one side. It brought me positive memories of climbing with friends in the peak district and helped me feel optimistic about the changes.
Acrylic and collage on paper. Signed on the back.
9 in X 12 in (23 cm X 30 cm)
This collection is very personal for me. It’s a reflection of feeling unmoored since my parents sold my childhood home a few years ago (I don’t blame them btw!). The concept of home is so sacred and comforting. I have been missing the attachment to the physical place. Even though I’ve lived from home since I turned 18, it was always somewhere I could go back to. This year, I’ve been struggling with uncertainty around my home given I’m renting my current place in London. The series shows abstract distant views of places familiar to me from in and around my hometown of Cohasset, Massachusetts. There is a playfulness as well as a nostalgic distance. There’s also an openness expressed through the blocks of colours that reflect the ambiguity of the future while the details in the distance show the finality of the past. For me, creating these pieces was a way to cope and process the ungrounding.