WENDY'S STUDIO

Inspiration for my practice lies in my surroundings and within me. I gather natural and manufactured materials imbued with memory, emotion, myths, dreams intuitively following their sensory rhythm to create. Re-energised sculpted 2 dimensional and 3 dimensional pieces emerge with a life of their own reflecting on what it is to be human through transformation and emergence.
 

The physicality and emotional impact of my surroundings guides my practice. Sensory associations with my birthplace Vancouver lying between the mountains and ocean, memories of my feral childhood in the Midlands countryside and my experiences as a mother and child psychotherapist living in rural Herefordshire permeates my artwork.
 

My current making explores relationships between environment, body and mind through materiality. I question and reflect on what it is to be human -through themes of transformation and emergence. Gathering disparate natural and manufactured materials such as debris, mud, brambles, bark, muslin, clay, plastic … imbued with memories, emotions, thoughts, dreams I intuitively follow their sensual rhythm. Re- energised sculptural forms and non-forms emerge with a life of their own. Our surroundings form us, make us what and who we are psychologically, emotionally, socially and physically.

 

My sculptures, paintings installations occupy a liminal slippery place between our internal unconscious and external conscious worlds.
 

Being an artist means exploration and discovery-creating interactive stimulating artwork that encourages curiosity and reflection to explore our internal and external landscapes.