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Whitsun Gloves (shortlisted for the Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize 2023)

By  June Nelson 2022

A series based on family memories and recent loss, using smoke or ‘fumage’ on gessoed panels and drawn with a burning beeswax taper. 'Whitsun Gloves was shortlisted for the Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize 2023 and is currently in the touring exhibition

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