Birth: separation sketches
Colour sketches exploring the mental and physical separation of baby from the mothers body at birth.
The World’s Wife
A project documenting the 5 day give away of Carol Ann Duffy's The World's Wife for World Book Night.
October babies
A series of drawings exploring a photograph of my first born son taken shortly after his birth.
September babies
A series of observational drawings made from a photograph taken shortly after the birth of my first child.
Second born
A book created using documentary photography to record the work of a mother caring for her young child.
hand holding-standing-hugging
"A series of observational drawings from a mothers perspective exploring the intimate relationship that she holds with her child."
thumbsucking-breastfeeding-sleeping
A project drawing directly upon maternal experiences to create visual and text based narratives exposing the work of mothers.
M(other) Icons
This series of ink and pencil drawings was shown as part of a solo exhibition, M(other) at the Chapman Gallery, The University of Salford, 2008. Dr Jaques Rangasamy of The University of Salford has written a review of this exhibition.
First Born
"A book created using documentary photography and prose to reflect upon a mothers time spent with her first child."
Blastocyst
A blastocyst is an egg that has developed for around five to six days after fertilisation. This series of ink drawings reference this moment when egg becomes a prospect of life, the drawings depict two torsos whose bodily organs work together and in conflict with each other