Birth: icon drawings
This series of ink and pencil drawings have been created through making observational drawings from youtube birth videos, and in referencing the birth records of my two sons, remembering the physical and emotional experiences of birth and referencing historical anatomy sketches.
Mother & Child workshop
Created as part of the Big Draw, this workshop included a life drawing session from a Mother and Child life models, a seminar about the representation of Mother and Child in art history and contemporary fine art, together with time to develop work inspired by personal experiences of mothering.
Big Draw workshops: Pregnant and Mother & Child.
Both workshops are suitable for the beginner and experienced alike. To book a place on either of these two workshop’s or for further information please do not hesitate to contact me. Exploring the pregnant body through drawing and painting. Exploring the relationship between mother and child through drawing and painting. Exploring the pregnant body through...
Birth: separation sketches
Colour sketches exploring the mental and physical separation of baby from the mothers body at birth.
Linden Arts Group Winter Exhibition
A group exhibition of work by the Linden Arts Group showing work by Joan Francis, Sheila Tilmouth, Louise Crosby, Sara McDade and Helen Sargeant, held at the Festival Shop, Hebden Bridge in November 2011.
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.
M(other)s Stories
"M(other)s Stories is a current research project that draws directly upon maternal experiences to create visual and text based narratives exposing the work of mothers."
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.