2020 Blues

Spring 2020 is unfolding as a spell of restriction, separation and for some, unprecedented solitariness. But March and April this year have also been a time of extraordinary blue skies here in the uk. In South Somerset, far from urban confinement, lockdown has presented a scaling down of our worlds, a chance to examine microcosms, infinite other realms within the garden or neighbourhood. So I found a microscope in the cupboard, not used for years, and embarked on travels into small objects collected outside. Gathering circular images with a camera, and reprinting them via the sun immediately suggested bubbles. So now working with monochromatic blue images reflecting prevailing moods, the sky, our vital health service lights, water, cleansing, bluebell woods, celestial skies, eternity, maternity and the universe. Currently experimenting with these orbs, connecting bubble worlds from mysterious microscopic forms, our own realms, both real and from vivid dreams, up to the globes of deep space. Chalk and lapis lazuli will be the main colours on the palette as such visions emerge. Some of this ongoing work is part of the Somerset Reacquainted project organised by Somerset Artworks, Sara Dudman and Zoe Li : http://somersetartworks.org.uk/somersetreacquainted/ Instagram: #somersetreacquainted