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The potential space between the stones

By  David Elliott 2025

A mixed media drawing on paper with Acrylic paint, ink, wax resist, graphite, oil pastel and collage. Exploring the concept of D. W. Winnicott's ‘potential space’ as seen in the physical spaces between three stones - found objects collected on the artists' site-specific research along the North Yorkshire coast; presented in the solo exhibition A time and place, Oxford 2025.

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Port Mulgrave North Yorkshire

Potential Space

Runswick Demeter

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