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Me Then Now
I am an artist, my practice is painting and the performative.
Me Then Now is an art work concerned with fashion, history, the individual and choice. It is the making of a life, the life of a painter. The paintings are of the English landscape and my surroundings as a resident of London and are used to evoke and communicate.
In presenting my kinship with the an Edwardian sensibility I express this my view of the world through my manner of living, in dress, and in the practice and output of my painting.
Me Then Now emerged through an understanding of the breadth of expression open to the artist gained during my MA studies at the University of Westminster. Through my late Grandmother I benefited from a personal connection to the Edwardian finding the aspirations and experiences of women Then similar to my own Now.
The following pages include some passable reproductions of my paintings, and since acquiring a Kodak Brownie there are some photographs. There are a number of images from recent exhibitions that included documentation of the performative aspect of Me Then Now.
The project is performance in daily life, it is the making of a life recorded through diaries, blog and personal interactions. I place myself as a point of historical reference in contemporary London.
This ongoing work aspires to the establishment of a space in which to live and work as 19o4. More can be found in the About Me Then Now chapter.
I seek connections with those who engage with the past and present in the further exploration of the entire world made available in 19o4.
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Historians with an interest or specialism in the Edwardian are invited to make contact for purpose of academic enquiry and research.
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