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Paintings and mixed media. Exploring themes around acting and role play and using notions of artifice, flirtation, indecision and illusion the work asks what is real and what is a figment of the imagination. Sweetness and pain sit side by side. The work engages some post-feminist ideas, such as how women and men manage to combine power and independence with femininity and nurturing. Love scenes are universally understood no matter what your orientation. The working methods include painting in oils and water colours and manipulating digital images. |
Love Scenes, with Chris Wilkinson, October 2008, 491 Gallery, 491 Grove Green Road, Leytonstone, London | See slide show here | |
"Blossom Dance", oil on board and collage | |
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| Official Opening Show, April 2008, ArtCo @ The Dacon Trust, Level Best ArtCafe, d'Arcy House, 3 Culver Street East, Colchester, Essex, CO1 | "Dark Sky ", watercolour | |
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| Arna Farrington
Gallery, December 2007 High Street, Thorpe-le-Soken, Essex CO16 0EA |
"Sun Sparkle", watercolour un on Holland Brook | |
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| Corsham Revisited: 8 artists who studied at Bath Academy of Art,15-28 July 2007, Fairfield House, 44 High Street, Corsham, Wiltshire, SN13 0HF | "Falling", pencil, watercolour and acrylic paint on paper and polyester | |
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| 2nd
Art Party @ The
Chapel, May 2007 with Naomi Ann Dennis, Maz Wheelhouse, Thorpe Road, Kirby Cross Frinton-on-Sea, Essex, CO13 OLZ |
"Oranges off Yarmouth", Watercolour, detail | |
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Naze Tower
Gallery, April-May 2007, |
"Wind in the rushes", Watercolour | |
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| Arna Farrington
Gallery, December 2006 High Street, Thorpe-le-Soken, Essex CO16 0EA |
"Steam mill Lane, 1 & 2", Watercolour
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| Spirit @ The Chapel,
Sept 2006 with Naomi Ann Dennis, Thorpe Road Kirby Cross Frinton-on-Sea, Essex CO13 OLZ |
"Storm" , Watercolour | |
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| Norfolk & Norwich
University Hospital, April 2006-Feb 2007 NHS Trust, Main Hospital Street, Level 3 |
"Early signs of Spring", Watercolour | |
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| Life
Cafe Open Studios 2006 Colchester |
"Network Series " in situ, Watercolour | |
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| Essex Scene, August 2006 County Hall, Chelmsford, Essex |
"Steam mill Lane" detail, Watercolour | |
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| Corsham Contacts 2005 Harleston Gallery, 37-39 The Thoroughfare Harleston, Norfolk | "Bird" detail , Watercolour | |
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| Caxton Books and Gallery 2005 Connaught Avenue, Frinton-on-Sea, Essex | "Set Fair" detail, Watercolour | |
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| Colchester Fine Art Open 2003 Hay Gallery, Colchester School of Art Colchester Institute, Sheepen Road Colchester, Essex | "Dearly beloved DNA" detail, Oil | |
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| Art & Health 2001 Connecting Cultures, Hay Gallery,Colchester Institute, Sheepen Road Colchester, Essex | "Analgesic for a secular cathedral", plaster of Paris | |
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| Bromley by Bow Healthy Living Centre, 2001, St Leonard's Road, Bow, London E3 | "Wonderbird", collaborative atrium sculpture, brass, copper, CDs, beads, wire. | |
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| Get Physical
1993 New Loom House Backchurch Street London E1 |
"Teddy Targets", plaster of Paris | |
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| Things Being Possible 1992, Dean Clough, Halifax, Yorkshire, with Workshops on Demand | "York or Lancaster " detail, plaster of Paris | |
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| Roses are Red? 1990 Plovdiv Museum, Plovdiv, Bulgaria, British Council Grant | "Angelic host", plaster of Paris | |
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| Gesture
& Geometry, City of London Poly, 1990 with
Guy Batey 41 Commercial Road London E1 1LA, |
"Domestic geometry", oil, wood, plaster of Paris | |
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| Sandra
Higgins Fine Arts,1990 Bourdon Street, Mayfair, London W1 with Daniel Mafe |
"Almost Perfect", plaster of Paris | |
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| 9th Cleveland UK International Drawing Biennale 1989 Cleveland County Museum, UK | "Envy I", drawing media | |
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Everyone
a Winner 1988 Hackney Museum, Mare Street, Hackney, London E8 |
"Slipper", oil, wood | |
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| The Maginot Line, Gala Benefit, 1988 Riverside Studios, Hammersmith, London W6 | "The Maginot LIne", pen, ink and photocopy | |
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| Riverside Open 1988 Riverside Studios, Hammersmith, London W6 | "Bone people", watercolour, ink, acrylic medium | |
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| Whitechapel Open 1987 Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, E1 | "Idle Promise", oil on canvas | |
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| Constitutional Journeys 1987 Cahill & Grebler London W6, with Workshops on Demand | "Stone Roses" detail, oil on canvas | |
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| The Probability of Hope, 1987, Old Street Gallery, London EC1, with Anne Tuckwell | "Caprice" paint and pencil on paper | |
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| Wolsey's Wine Bar, 52 Wells Street, London, W1 1987 | Ink drawings and small oil paintings | |
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| The Pines Psychiatric Day Cente, Peterborough General Hospital, Works of Art in Public Places Scheme, Eastern Arts. 1987, Printmaker in Residence. | "Light headed" detail, Acrylic paint on paper more pictures |
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| First Art Show, The Union Chapel, Compton Terrace, Islington, London 1986 | "Respite", oil on canvas | |
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| Six Women,
Unit 7 Studios 2nd floor, Vanguard Court, 36-38 Peckham Road SE5 |
"The Amnesiac Detective", type, photographs, broken narrative, disorganised list work on paper. | |
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| The Subjective Alphabet, Atelier 19, 1983, 27 Old Street, London E1. | "'U' for Ueno", lithographic crayon on brown paper | |
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| Signs of Life, 1983, The Old Ambulance Station, Old Kent Road, London SE with Allan deSouza | "Narrative sequence", slide projections | |
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| Artesera 1981 Syracuse University NY, USA | "Catalogue of mystery/ambiguity", paper cut outs, type | |
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| Stowells Trophy 1980, The Diploma Galleries, Royal Academy of Arts, London | "Lobster Quadrille", Oil and house paint on board | |
