A brief annual review in pictures. It doesn’t include everything, and as always the images are not necessarily the best photographs but they somehow capture something.
January
Pontefract Castle – Light Tower – artists impression
Part of a feasibility study for Wakefield Council to look at the visibility of Pontefract Castle and raising it’s profile in the landscape
Holme Moss – watercolour and acrylic
I started the year with a sketching walk, out near Holmfirth. Little did I know at the time but I’d be visiting that landscape quite a bit this year.
February
Dragon – Willow and Tissue paper and LED lights
Tadcaster.
March
Journeys – Silk painting and textiles
Textile piece made with the Wakefield Asian Women’s Group, working with Helen Thomas and myself. For Edgelands Arts
Commissioned by National Archives
April
Keith – aluminium wire.
One of the many sculptures made with the Creative Ageing group at The Art House, Wakefield, for people living with dementia. This is by Keith, remembering his cornet playing skills.
May
Circumnavigating Ferrybridge – Watercolour
One of three paintings completed to record Ferrybridge Power Station in the landscape before it is demolished.
Jungle, Tiger, Moon – latex model, real vegetation and soundtrack. For the Red Box Gallery, Horbury
Boundary No Boundary – Wakefield Cathedral
Boundary No Boundary – Wakefield Cathedral
June
Holme Valley – Silk Paintings and textiles
7 banners made for Edgelands Arts and Holmfirth Arts Festival. Made by communities across the Holme Valley working with Helen Thomas and myself. That early sketch came in handy.
Fitzwilliam Train Station – silk painting, photography and digital printing.
A new permanent artwork created by the communities of Fitzwilliam and Kinsley. Workshops ran by Helen Thomas and myself with digital compositing by Charlie Wells. For Edgelands Arts
Commission by Wakefield Council
July
Selby 950 – Silk Painting
2 of the banners made for the Selby 950 parade for Edgelands Arts
August
Boundary No Boundary – Junction, Goole
Pluto in Brunei – Year 2 pupils.
Part of the Relative installation at Wakefield Market Hall
Commission by Wakefield Council
AFLOAT – Willow, Tissue Paper and canal barges.
Sculptures made by people from Castleford and Knottingley for a canal barge-based procession along the Aire and Calder Navigation. With workshop support from Helena Ho and Claire Walker. For Edgelands Arts (Photograph by Liza Jones)
Commission by Wakefield Council
September
If I Was Sitting There – Silk painting, textiles and chair
A commission for Wakefield Council’s CEO Merran McRea, a collaboration with Helen Thomas. If I Was Sitting Here
Andromeda (splash number 14) – glass statuette, rope and canal.
October
Abstraction – Silk Painting
Two pieces created by the Creative Ageing group at the Art House, Wakefield
November
Andromeda – pencil and paper
Graphic score created from the 28 Andromeda splashes.
December
Ryhill and Havercroft – Silk Painting (160cm x 80cm)
A community co-created painting by people from Ryhill and Havercroft. For Edgelands Arts
Rhubarb lanterns – acetate sheets, vinyl and led lights
An experiment for a larger project for early 2020.
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