at home artist residency

Pushing collages from small to large format, using a three month “at home artist residency”. This project ran from August to October 2022 culminating in an exhibition in November 2022. It became bigger than Ben Hur and I definately bit off more thank I could chew. It was so worthwhile though.

Through all the planning and making and failures I even had some successes. I learned so much and will be using this way of working to provide structure around future projects.

Selection paintings, mixed media and other stuff made pre-2020. Not a project - just the lead up to what I do now…

I went from spinning, crocheting and dabbling in fibre arts to painting and mixed media. Practicing and collecting art supplies led to a frustration with the expense of materials and an increasing dissonance with growing environmental concerns, until I decided to focus on collage. Collage is an art-making process that suits me perfectly. I'm embracing the creative constraints of working exclusively with found papers and being intentional about how I consume materials.