Intangible Legacies
"Our creative sparks are often quiet echoes of the people who shaped us. 'Intangible Legacies' examines this interplay, illustrating how the things we keep and the moments we remember intertwine our artistic identity with the lives of those we love. Through layered materials, prints, collage, painting, and assemblage, Louise and Jennifer’s artworks reflect on the past and look toward the legacies we leave behind."
For 'Intangible Legacies' I have a series of landscape paintings on vintage book covers, painted ephemera, lino prints, watercolour/gouache, and mixed media works using collected items. I seek to explore the way our relationships and shared stories shape the way we creatively see and feel.
Come along and see what Louise and I have created and share with us the stories that made you too.
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Antrim is a county in Northern Ireland with a stunning coastline. My maternal grandparents were big influences in my life. My grandfather migrated to Australia from Belfast at the turn of the 20thC. Whilst my grandmother was the daughter of a Northern Irishman, from Enniskillen, so Northern Ireland is still a very special place for our family. The from cover of this book seemed very fit for purpose. The legacy of travelling to places generations past have walked is very enriching for me, it links me emotionally with their lives.
Although her first degree and career was in chemistry, my other's great love of literature, history and exploring different cultures was always part of family discussions. As travel was her passion, choosing these 2 images from her collection of black and white photographs fitted perfectly on this book covers. Switzerland's pristine beauty was often talked about when family got together to share slide nights or stories of adventures in the 1950s and 1960s. My parents took us to Switzerland in the '70s and I travelled there with my husband in 2014, then recently with my husband, daughter and son in law. It is still as beautiful as these old images showed.
My family migrated with hope for a life in Australia that would be better than the one they saw for themselves in the UK. My maternal grandfather came from Belfast at the turn of the 20th century as a small boy andthis image is from a photograph he took. My father was British arriving in 1960 as a research scientist (along with his wife, my mother who was from Australia) who migrated under the £10 scheme of that time. Their stories and family still in the UK are part of my history. Like many others, the image of the ships leaving for adventure across the world was imbued with excitement and sadness as the streamers that held a physical link, broke as the ship set sail.
