Description

My work has to show evidence of myself as the artist. I am often the subject matter referencing my past, present and future self. I use my body to work from, and with, as an actual drawing instrument. I see my work as a cathartic process: at times in self-adoration and at other times in self-disdain. Literal references were selected and explored.

Wanting to retain the freedom of my ‘drawing’ was significant and so I chose the technique of etching on copper.The softground was drawn into and marked with my own hair, fingers and mouth. Integrated into the design are references to the dark, gothic and illustrative style of the 1930’s horror movies, which is said to have influenced Dylan Thomas.

Dylan Thomas’ work is often labelled as ‘process poems’, where nothing is fixed, and has a fluidity of movement.These plates use a visual form to show and echo his awareness that there is more to language than written words or sounds and of the importance of gesture, signs and uses of the senses.