LATEST PROJECT
BEING SEEN
My new collaboration, Being Seen, will be exhibited at the IMH, Nottingham until January. This is a poignant collection of paintings based on dialogues with individuals who have faced trauma. Each piece reflects their stories of recovery, where I have translated their narratives and emotions into visual form. This is a continuation of my mission to use art to heal and to make the unseen, seen.
For this series I have collaborated with two amazing organisations - With-You Consultancy, an organisation specialising in peer support and peer-based approaches, I have worked with them for over five years, and DayOne Trauma Support who help people affected by major physical trauma to rebuild their life.
For this new series I was particularly excited to meet with and painted some of my earlier participants. It has been amazing to see how their lives have evolved.
The IMH exhibition runs to mid January 2025. The work will then be exhibited at Coventry Cathedral in July and Lewisham Arthouse in October. I am also working with Kate Enters and the team at ArtCan and TD360 to create an amazing immersive virtual exhibition slated for March 2025.
OPPORTUNITIES & FUNDING
I have done this work without funding so if you’d like to support the project I have created a series of limited edition prints of earlier paintings inspired by recovery and hope. These are available PRINTS page. I will be adding some of the new works when they are live…
I am also looking for additional exhibition opportunities & commercial sponsorship. Please contact me with any suggestions or to find out more.
PRNITS AVAILABLE FROM EARLIER PROJECTS
Limited Editions of 25 prints per painting, shipped globally.
PREVIOUS PROJECTS
INISIDE OUT: portraits of emotional resilience
I was commissioned to work with a group of people from across the Black and South Asian communities in Nottingham to explore their experiences of mental health and emotional wellbeing.
The paintings are currently on display at the IMH, Nottingham
Portraits of Coventry
Coventry Cathedral, August 2022
Portraits of Isolation
“Portraits of Isolation - Virtual Opening Night and Discussion streamed live October 2020”
The Twisted Rose and Other Lives
“Interview with Lisa Woods on behalf of BreakForth at CASS Art 24th April 2019”
Detail from Who do they see?
Transformative Pathways: In Art and Words
Alongside the opening of the Being Seen Exhibition at the Institute of Mental Health in Nottingham many of those I had painted talked of their personal recovery journeys.
In the words of one of the audience:
“It was a deep experience, heavy at times as expected, but also light when hope started coming through in people's stories which turned out to be stories of resilience, more than vulnerability”.
Transformative Pathways Films
NEW EXHIBITION
I’m excited to be showing a collection of old and new paintings in June
In March the team from Cultur.art visited me at my studio in the Canal Basin Coventny to talk about my current past work
Cosmos painted in 2018 is currently available for purchase at the ArtRoom gallery in Leamington Spa
Breaking Free
Breaking Free People's Choice Prize winners UK Artists Exhibtion 2023. I painted this piece for an exhibition at Galerie ART POOL in Vienna. I wanted to reflect on the passing of time since I painted my first Carousel horse in 2017 as part of my exploration of bipolar disorder.
Cathedral Exhibition featured on BBC News
NEW VIRTUAL GALLERY
I’d love to know what you think about the virtual gallery for my Twisted Rose series
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