Oi, Oyster

A1 oil painting of a close-up of an open oyster with clay made barnacles depicting birth and femininity.  The barnacles a metaphor for the difficulties faced when producing life or something unique.

‘Drifting on by’

This is an A2 oil painting of a piece of abstract  driftwood. It was painted from a photograph I took with my late partner, the light representing hope after grief.

‘Dead Man in the Sky’

A2 canvas consisting of  mix media – layers of rice and lentils done in PVA and finished with acrylic and oils pastels - portraying a man's battle with cancer and losing. The colours representing the internal conflict of the cells within.