‘Cartographies of care’ mixed media on canvas, 10x120x4cm, 2020 is one artwork selected for an eclectic show by Newlyn Society of Artists that examines memory in all its forms now on at Tremenheere Gallery, Cornwall. A basic tenet of our lives, artists...
New paintings continue to work with a ‘contemporary medieval’ aesthetic but as an experimental preparation for the painting, I ‘wrote’ it first. Pre-describing visual content and feeling, before painting it was inspired by AS Byatt’s book...
Whilst working on this painting in the studio this year I have written some thoughts on using medieval symbols and patterns in my painting practice. Do have a read and let me know what you think. Some thoughts on medievalesque contemporary painting For some years I’ve...
Working on new painting is such an exciting start to 2022: Standard Bearer, acrylic on canvas, 200x160cm unfinished) Domestic tapestries were the vertical wall to wall carpeting of their time. They covered the chilly walls of the rich and hung on hooks were the...
A new series of small paintings inspired by larger works in my studio. They all feature playful transformative images of women, children and creatures that are symbolic, medieval and carnivalesque. All acrylic on canvas (25x25x3cm) they are for sale for a special...
Delpha with her painting ‘Model children and other people’ at the opening of Past, Present Future, Tremenheere Gallery. All of the work by contemporary NSA artists link in some way to historical works by members of the Newlyn Society of Artists, yet follows their line...
