EMBEDDED IN THE FLESH OF THE WORLD: AND LAUGHTER TUMBLED AROUND ME

mixed media painting on canvas (oil paint and re-used materials - found canvas, glass and mirrored glass); 2019 

w 40 x h 30 x d 2 cm; framed w 44 x h 34 x d 4.5 cm; orientation - landscape

Boundless energy, running and playing, memories of laughter carried on the wind; flying kites, running on sand, swimming in becks, rivers and seas

EMBEDDED IN THE FLESH OF THE WORLD series exploring memory embodied; reactivating gestures, marks, punctuations, recalling encounters with/in the world. I remembered walking with the wind howling around me, debris/leaves swirling; I remembered running across different terrain, sometimes falling, slipping, being sucked into the mud; I remembered hiding in the grass, swimming in bodies of water; I remembered touching, feeling, sensing, almost belonging. The physicality of my making as sensuous as the materials I use, I am embedded in these forms.  #sensuouspractice