Kitchen Table Postcards
Travelling is usually a big part of my practice. I combine activities: material gathering (visits to flea markets and antiques quarters around Europe), subject and location research, sometimes exhibition projects too. But of course, this year has been very different, as it had to be. I’ve been unable to get out gathering in any serious way this year, instead sourcing materials locally when possible and frequently online.
At the time of writing, we’re in lockdown phase-two in London. I’m undertaking an imagined journey, creating a series of postcard paintings at the kitchen table, using photographs from past trips as subject matter. The series opened by crossing the English Channel, heading to Paris. I’m painting watercolour postcards from each location with some available for sale as part of the Artist Support Pledge.
A rough route is already mapped out, and I’ll announce destinations on my Instagram as I go.