Sandy
Sandy Beach was the sandy one. Rocky beach was the rocky one. Very intuitive beach naming conventions in my opinion. Sandy beach was where I spent more time. There were islands on the horizon that we looked at, but never ventured to. During the summer as a teenager, I would sunbath or babysit on the beach. In the winter, when I was upset, I would drive down to listen to the waves which always soothed me.
Acrylic and wax crayon 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.
Sandy Beach was the sandy one. Rocky beach was the rocky one. Very intuitive beach naming conventions in my opinion. Sandy beach was where I spent more time. There were islands on the horizon that we looked at, but never ventured to. During the summer as a teenager, I would sunbath or babysit on the beach. In the winter, when I was upset, I would drive down to listen to the waves which always soothed me.
Acrylic and wax crayon 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.
Sandy Beach was the sandy one. Rocky beach was the rocky one. Very intuitive beach naming conventions in my opinion. Sandy beach was where I spent more time. There were islands on the horizon that we looked at, but never ventured to. During the summer as a teenager, I would sunbath or babysit on the beach. In the winter, when I was upset, I would drive down to listen to the waves which always soothed me.
Acrylic and wax crayon 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.
