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.
Birth: separation sketches
Colour sketches exploring the mental and physical separation of baby from the mothers body at birth.
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."
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."
Dr Jacques Rangasamy review of M(other) exhibition
"When asked what he considered was the greatest act of heroism he knew, Mahatma Gandhi replied that it the one performed by the mother who woke up in the middle of the night to find that her baby had wet the mattress they were sharing, and who exchanged places to ensure that the baby slept...
