“I found your work strangely unsettling, yet very engaging, says Kitty, Singulart, Art Development Officer”
I get an email whilst flat packed on the sofa, after a very hot summer with an endless time of exhaustion and seemingly no way out. The post is from Kitty at Singulart, saying she has seen my work on the RWA website. She asked if I would like to exhibit my work on their on-line gallery. Yes, I say. I begin eventually to re-find my energy and I begin the process, of unearthing CV, artist statement, images etc. I email back. I ask Kitty, where in the world are you? Paris, she says, it is unbearably hot. My world opens out as I decide to join this vibrant and electric collection of artists with their dynamic work. As the commercial element is not my main creative drive, I find it uplifting to create a series of drawings/prints and see one’s work in a new context. She asks me to also send images of me in my studio, which friend Chris kindly photo documents. There are so many collections, curiosities and things going on, a challenge on where to place the focus.
Photograph: courtesy of Chris Durrant