I’m so pleased to have had my work selected for Fresh Paint Magazine… by curator Alice Herrick of Herrick Gallery in Mayfair.
The works chosen are recent watercolours, finished before my recent retreats/residencies on Iona.
I’ve given this one varying titles…birthing from the dark gum; with coracles; for me meaning revolves around that feeling of being held, suspended, in a little coracle or shell or skin-bound boat. I have been to the beach on Iona where St Columba is said to have landed. I like the thought of being adrift on a big sea in a little vessel which carries us. I see that knowing one;s animal soul can help with birthing, I see the dark gum as the mouth of Mother.