Previous collections have contained personal narrative and lived history, drawing inspiration from the dramatic visual legacy of WWII aviation. Depicting moments in local history through works such as the “Higham Bailout” and “Gravesend and Tilbury Heinkell Spitfire.”
Truk Lagoon
Two visual compositions depicting coral growth around the wrecks of Japanese and American aircraft and vessels lost during the Pacific conflict now resting beneath the waters of the Truk Lagoon.
Layered colour fields help to transform this historical event into something life affirming, where regeneration is emphasised, capturing how Coral, light and marine life reclaim the wreckage.
These pieces merge WWII history and contemporary abstraction, celebrating the unstoppable force of life and the persistence of Coral, reclaiming the steel.
Ariel’s Song (Full Fathom Five) from the tempest captures sea changes and metamorphosis. The aircraft reclaimed by the sea echoes Shakespeare’s vision of wreckage becoming beautiful – a metamorphosis from violence to organic splendour – transforming the seabed into something ‘rich and strong.’
