I visited this exhibition with a bit of trepidation because it is the first time for me to see that conceptual ceramics has a place in the art scene like this. As I am moving towards a more conceptual expression in clay, I was very intrigued by what I saw. I also went to hear … Read More
Bereavement is a journey of healing and this year for me has been a slow process to understand how to go forwards and what loss means to me. One way to heal is for me to create with my hands in clay and in painting and to transfer my raw emotion into an expression outside … Read More
During the past two years we have been all quite stuck and enclosed, now we are starting to step outside again and we explore travelling as if it is a new and novel experience. My husband had to do to Singapore for business and after a long hesitation due to the distance and the fear … Read More
I have been a bit stuck recently and have struggled to get to my studio and work. I had a difficult time and I needed to let Easter pass and travel to Italy for some sunshine and family time. A break and my childhood landscape allowed my inner spirit to find the lost step. Even … Read More
Spring is here and a feeling of renewal in the air. I find it is a bit difficult to stay indoors and work when outside it is sunny and inviting. I am also still letting my subconscious lead in terms of what direction to take after the difficult period I had this winter. The best … Read More
I have just come back from a few days in my home town, and that is always a visit into my past and finding the objects that shaped my artistic sensitivity. Walking the pavements of my childhood I reconnect with those patterns, colours and textures that surrounded me then, and I recognize what a deep … Read More
I had a difficult month with a lot of loss and my subconscious is guiding me through the bereavement by making me pay attention to images that express my feeling. It has been hard to get back to work after the holiday period and it had taken the whole of January to figure out that … Read More
Do you enjoy looking through old photograph albums? Remembering old friends and relatives no more with us? Recently I went back home for my Parent’s 60th wedding anniversary and I enjoyed looking into their photo albums. I am lucky that they could tell me stories of the people I did not recognize, but then suddenly … Read More
Winter sunset As the light of the day fades, on dry cloud less days i often look at the horizon to see the orange tinge of the setting sun. I remember, as a child finishing our Sunday afternoon walk on the Nervi promenade near my hometown in Genoa, and seeing the sun “fallling”in the sea. … Read More
Lockdown art Back in March when the Covid restrictions were starting and the world was panicking, I froze. A sense of uncertainty and fear pervaded me and I could not concentrate on making art or reading or growing in any way. I slowly started moving again, helped by a wonderful coach and the beautiful spring … Read More