Art and Textiles: What to call my work

Monday, May 20, 2013

What to call my work

I can not think how to title my drawing of Carl's drill. It's Only Bricks and Mortar has been the title , but that would be about Carl, this is now about the boys and myself: how we have managed without him. I am wondering if Having to Use His Drill is more appropriate, not sure so will give it some thought. The correct title is very important if I want people to engage and wonder what the piece is about. It must not be obvious but suggestive of the struggle I have had trying to be perfect but also how empowering it is to manage, to cope and actually appreciate what we do have.

Having to Use His Drill ??

This might work. But I think I will just give myself a little more time. The Jerwood Drawing Prize will let me change the title if that is what I decide to do.

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Artist Statement

I am a mixed media artist living and working in Bristol. Always interested in art for pleasure, I embarked on creative courses as my second son started school. I was secure in a happy family life, but when tragedy struck art became my way of making sense of the world that I had unconsciously become part of. Emotions that made no sense could be explored and played with: loss, anger, control and hope worked through until a sense of calm could be achieved.

The work can be textile or paper based and often involves photography, but the direction always varies as it responds to my emotional state: sometimes process driven, sometimes a reaction to feeling or a thought. It may be in the form of obsessive and repetitive mark making or the abstract use of colours and symbols that explore psychological states of wellbeing. Sometimes it just records a moment which may become a memory, or may just become lost. But the aim is always the same: to live through the conflicts of life and appreciate that sometimes it can be the things that go wrong and show our vulnerability that can actually strengthen and add the most value.