PORTFOLIO OVERVIEW
NOD TO ARTE POVERA
COVID HOUSE EXHIBITION 2019 Approx 120 X 90 X 20 cm
Referencing the Arte Povera movement.
Working with fabrics belonging to my mother, my daughter, and myself.
MARIE SCHWARZ R.I.P
GBMET CORRIDOR EXHIBITION 2018 Size 200 X 120 cm approx
Five found separate tree sections, goose feather and paper cocoon, household metal ball-chain, circular blessed Mother’s Rosary, sensor lights.
BOARDS THREE & FOUR OF FOUR BOARDS LEADING TO A MOTHER
COVID HOUSE EXHIBITION 2019 Size 70 X 90 cm approx
Based on the Arte Povera movement. Items were collected relating to my family stories. They span my mother's lifetime from my perspective.
SKETCHBOOK
NOTES FOR MARIMORIAL 2019 Approx 60 X 40 cm
Sketchbooks for me are numerous and are crucial for exploring ideas in detail.
MARIMORIAL
COVID HOUSE EXHIBITION 2019 Approx 110 X 55 X 45 cm
This work encompasses ideas of previous experiments, validating my own grief memories.
Encasing them for eternity like a treasure time capsule.
CAIRN OF STONES
PALLANT HOUSE EXHIBITION 2018 Approx 22 X 30 X 45 cm
paper, mixed media inclusions
My 'stones' trace the invisible footfall of all who have passed through the doors of
Pallant House since 1712.
BOTTLENECK
NEW ENGLAND HOUSE OPEN STUDIOS 2018 Approx 150 X 140 cm
This Painting is based on an area in Brighton called The London Road. A vibrant shoot
of a road, a bottleneck.
MOONLIGHT OVER PALLANT HOUSE - THEN
PHOENIX GALLERY EXHIBITION 2019 Approx 64 X 58
Within this painting I trace the imagined fabric of Pallant House since it was built. A continued journey of mixing detritus and paint.
PLAYS - MY HEAD IN A POT
COVID 19 HOUSE EXHIBITION 2020 Approx 27 X 23 X 27 cm
An experiment in acrylic paint skins, paper & paint inclusions, acrylic paint forms, recycled cardboard and canvas head base.
THIRD PORTRAIT INGREDIENTS OF A MOTHER
GBMET ASSESSMENT EXHIBITION 2019 Approx 160 X 60 cm
Sphere explorations evolved into this head, using household and personal detritus within a Bricolage method. There are 54 inclusions.
BODYBAG NUMBER ONE
GBMET CORIDOOR EXHIBITION 2019 Approx 200 X 55
This work evolved from collected household bedding. The colour palette references my mothers life colours. The beginnings of a grief portrait.
HOME
FABRICAS RESPONSE MAGAZINE 2018 Approx 20 X 30 cm
Volunteering on the HOMES exhibition by Harley Weir, I contributed to the Fabrica exhibition magazine. Home to me was the idea of my mother.
MONOPRINT
COVID 19 HOUSE EXHIBITION 2020 Approx 20 X 30 cm
Monoprint detail on collected shopping lists and receipts. Part of a larger work based on four generations of women in my family.
MONOPRINT
COVID 19 HOUSE EXHIBITION 2020 Approx 20 X 30 cm
This work encompasses ideas of parental loss, playing within the parameters of my grief portraits.
BODYBAG NUMBER TWO
COVID 19 HOUSE EXHIBITION Approx 130 X 40 X 30 cm
Weeks of collecting household and personal detritus, resulted in this work.
It references the idea of collective societal grief.
THE FIRST BUILDING OF BOARD NUMBER THREE - GRIEF
COVID 19 HOUSE EXHIBITION Approx 70 X 90 cm
Board Three documents my birth to my start in Trinity College to train as an actor, a span of seventeen years.
BALANCE BIKE ONE/ FECKIN NIGHTIE
COVID 19 HOUSE EXHIBITION Approx 80 X 50 cm
This work is constructed to celebrate a moment in time. It also recognises a different type of loss. Parental loss.
PLAYS WITH GRIDS AND SPHERES
STUDIO EXPERIMENTS 2018 Approx 23 X 23 cm
Central to my work is the idea of play. There are no mistakes,
just endless possibilities.