2021

For years, my mother kept cuttings from the newspaper or magazines – articles or sayings which obviously meant something to her. She kept these in the bedroom, in her chest of drawers. She liked words, and she had a beautiful singing voice. But none of this was ever developed into anything as she had never had the opportunity or education. Years later, I found myself doing a similar thing. The internet has been a great source of information as I can use it to find out more about issues that intrigue or worry me, and of course phrases and comments from artists about their works and what has inspired them. Along the way I have written down quotes on bits of paper, many of which ended up taped onto doors and walls in the kitchen. Eventually I decided to consolidate on canvas a selection of those that were most pertinent to my life.