This exhibition will took on the form of an installation made from materials found and collected from the local area; - paper, cardboard, seaweed, plastic. The installation covered the walls and ceiling of the whole space creating a cave like environment.

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Painting is at the core of my artistic practice. However, I have a compulsion to blur the boundaries between Painting, Performance, Sculpture, Installation and Craft. There is a primitiveness of processes inherent to painting. I engage with the primitiveness but - with the luxury of modern-day technology, easily accessible knowledge, dry shelter and – perversely - a largely wasteful, consumer- driven society, there is an abundance of free materials and information available for resourceful makers.

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So, with that in mind I have taken influence, adapted processes and materials that are said to have been used in the first known Paintings and Sculptures. Incorporating natural and manufactured materials that are low in cost or can generally be found in the home and surrounding area.

 

To further the involvement of the audience as well as engage with the community on an on-going basis the glass front of the space was key. This enabled the public to see the process unfold, and therefore to feel connected to the piece in a way they otherwise might not in a traditional white cube setting.

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With a strong focus on demonstrating the accessibility of art making for all. I developed ways in which the audience could interact with the art work; physically - amongst the art work, digitally - across various social media.