the table
Exhibition date - 7th - 28th August 2021
I have always been inspired by the seasons. The absences of Winter, the awakened fresh growth of Spring, high Summer downiness and the earth-muted palette of Autumnal hues, a detritus that reveals the unexpected beauty.
It's these nuances that inspire me, a chance to capture a moment that i know will pass before another has its time of temporary prominence. This work is an emotional response to my relationship with plants, being able to represent the movement and individuality that makes them unique to me. A poem by E. E. Cummings was an inspiration for this exhibition, to capture the beauty of life and death in the garden
This is the garden: colours come and go E.E Cummings
this is the garden:colours come and go,
frail azures fluttering from night’s outer wing
strong silent greens silently lingering,
absolute lights like baths of golden snow.
This is the garden:pursed lips do blow
upon cool flutes within wide glooms,and sing
(of harps celestial to the quivering string)
invisible faces hauntingly and slow.
This is the garden. Time shall surely reap
and on Death’s blade lie many a flower curled,
in other lands where other songs be sung;
yet stand They here enraptured,as among
the slow deep trees perpetual of sleep
some silver-fingered fountain steals the world.
