Catch Up

It’s been far too long since I last posted. I Have been working hard to bring life and art together which, has been so important in my academic resurgence. I needed it to start opening doors and promote a confidence in me to take opportunity by the hand.

I was told that this would naturally happen by being true to myself as the urge to chase (and choose) a career can be suffocating. Especially when you have a family. The guilt of pursuing ’yourself’ can be challenging.

The move into the education sector has been a positive one, with experiences and knowledge intertwining with personal growth and art practice.

I have done so much research on 1900’s Vienna and am especially interested in the influence of psychoanalysis on artists as a new form of expression. Very much of the time and a culmination of explosive firsts, it is a fascinating period to research.

The writings on ’hysteria’ and the use of sanatorium patients as artistic reference is an example of this. It’s easy to get caught up in the imagery and fascination but when bringing it back to my own work, it is the pain and trauma of a troubled mind that I find influential.

I could research this period of time for ever and I’m sure I will, but I diversify too much from what I want to do with my current work.

for now, the books have been ‘put to bed‘ and I continue to explore my memories.....