The feeling of the uncanny is something I have tried to capture in my work. I want to take the viewer on a journey around the house, guide them into rooms and dark spaces with clues that will ultimately lead them to discover that something unspeakable has happened. Some drawings will zoom in on items or areas in the room. By giving the viewer a shifting point of view, it gives the rooms the feeling of being distorted. The juxtaposition of something strange yet familiar will play upon the viewer’s deepest darkest fears. The echoes of the perpetrator and victims would expose the realisation that the home is not a safe place.
To truly experience the feeling of the uncanny, there’s no place like home.
There’s No Place Like Home, Degree Show 2016 University Campus Suffolk
I have had six incredible years at UCS and I can’t believe it’s almost over. I have learn’t so much and I am not the same person I was when I walked into the fine art studio on my first day. Research is something I have learn’t to do, whether for writing essays or creating art, and it is now such an important part of my practice. Visiting exhibitions, watching films, reading books and poetry are constant sources of inspiration. My sketchbooks are the way I document my ideas and collect reference materials. Drawing is something I love to do and is the foundation to my ideas. I remember being overwhelmed when we had our first Photoshop session at university, but now this is something I use with each art project. It gives me the ability to manipulate and distort reference material into something extraordinary.
I wish to thank David, Jane, Robin, Sarah and Shaun for their excellent tuition, guidance and support.
Thank you to my dear friends Ceri and Val for their constant encouragement throughout the last six years xx
Finally thank you to my lovely family Mel, Charlotte, Sophie and Sam xx
