My Deconstructed World
In March 2015 I started writing a book and the foreword began……
“Coming to the conclusion that we don’t have to live an ordinary life is not an easy one. There are so many social expectations on us as we go through life it’s difficult to think about doing something that breaks the bounds of what is regarded as the social norm. It’s the dilemma of life and the conflict between free will and predestination. Do we follow the norms or do we challenge expectations?”
In March 2015 I started writing a book and the foreword began……
“Coming to the conclusion that we don’t have to live an ordinary life is not an easy one. There are so many social expectations on us as we go through life it’s difficult to think about doing something that breaks the bounds of what is regarded as the social norm. It’s the dilemma of life and the conflict between free will and predestination. Do we follow the norms or do we challenge expectations?”
Photograph taken in Aquitaine, France
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Lac de Cezaux & Sanguinet,
Mixed Media Textiles
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In my artwork I create disjointed, textural responses to my photographs that represent the divide between the digital photograph and the real world that I have connected with. The pixilation of subjects has become a key concept within my work. I deconstruct my responses until the details, colours and textures take on an identity of their own and subsequently work together in harmony when reconstructed; a bit like life and all the things that we experience along the way that make each one of us unique.
My exhibition 'Around the World in a Million Pixels' connects my travels, my photography, my painted studies and my final mixed media textile outcomes.
My exhibition 'Around the World in a Million Pixels' connects my travels, my photography, my painted studies and my final mixed media textile outcomes.
A Middle Aged Adventure
Since 2016 my husband and I have lived something of a nomadic lifestyle. We sold our home and purchased a motorhome. We gave up our jobs and comfortable lifestyle and set off driving around Europe for extended trips. We began our ‘Middle Aged Adventure’, which we've blogged about as we travelled (www.facebook.com/groups/1753067228263636/). Once we'd covered many European destinations we started to think about flying and sailing to some further afield destinations such as Alaska, South America, Australia and Asia.
The sense of freedom is contagious. We love seeing beautiful places, meeting interesting people and moving on when we want to. As a prolific photographer, I just can’t stop myself clicking away. Crusty buildings, lakes, mountains, reflections, reflections and more reflections; so much inspiration for my art and a lot of it seems to be from water. I realise that I have something of an obsession with water, it can be calming, exhilarating, thought provoking and whether it be a lake river or the sea, there is something about being near water that I love.
We found that we were inspiring other people to travel earlier in life and not wait for retirement. We began to analyse why people don’t usually do it and how busy lives, work, children and technology consume everyone’s time. It served as a reminder to live a little and not to let life pass by whilst looking at a computer, tablet or phone screen.
You can follow our trips on Facebook/amiddleagedadventure
Also Instagram and youtube plus we have a very informative website
www.amiddleagedadventure.com
Since 2016 my husband and I have lived something of a nomadic lifestyle. We sold our home and purchased a motorhome. We gave up our jobs and comfortable lifestyle and set off driving around Europe for extended trips. We began our ‘Middle Aged Adventure’, which we've blogged about as we travelled (www.facebook.com/groups/1753067228263636/). Once we'd covered many European destinations we started to think about flying and sailing to some further afield destinations such as Alaska, South America, Australia and Asia.
The sense of freedom is contagious. We love seeing beautiful places, meeting interesting people and moving on when we want to. As a prolific photographer, I just can’t stop myself clicking away. Crusty buildings, lakes, mountains, reflections, reflections and more reflections; so much inspiration for my art and a lot of it seems to be from water. I realise that I have something of an obsession with water, it can be calming, exhilarating, thought provoking and whether it be a lake river or the sea, there is something about being near water that I love.
We found that we were inspiring other people to travel earlier in life and not wait for retirement. We began to analyse why people don’t usually do it and how busy lives, work, children and technology consume everyone’s time. It served as a reminder to live a little and not to let life pass by whilst looking at a computer, tablet or phone screen.
You can follow our trips on Facebook/amiddleagedadventure
Also Instagram and youtube plus we have a very informative website
www.amiddleagedadventure.com
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