Summer 2021 brought me a new, bigger, and brighter workspace

Approx. 2m x 1.5m

Charcoal, pencil, pastel on paper

Approx. 1.25m x 1m

Charcoal, pencil, felt pen on paper

Approx. 1.75m x 1.5m

Charcoal, pencil, coloured pencil, pastel on paper

Approx. 1.75m x 1.5m

Charcoal, pencil, coloured pencil, pastel on paper

To exudate, in the context of medicine, refers to a mass of cells and fluid that has seeped out of blood vessels or an organ, this occurs, especially in inflammation.

But in the context of botany and entomology (insects), it refers to a substance that is secreted

Charcoal, pastel, pencil, coloured pencil, felt pen on paper. Approx. 1m x 1.30m

Approx. 1m x .75m

Charcoal, pastel, pencil, coloured pencil on paper

Approx. 1m x .75m

Charcoal, pastel, pencil, coloured pencil on paper

Approx. 1.65m x 1m

Charcoal, pencil, coloured pencil, pastel on paper

Approx. 1.75m x 1m

Charcoal, pencil, coloured pencil, pastel on paper

This photograph was taken by Monika Jagusinkyte in my studio during a residency at Nida Art Colony, in Nida, Lithuania.

This photo and others will be featured in a book of artists working in their studios.

Approx. 1.5m x 1m

Charcoal, pencil, pastel, coloured pencil on paper

Approx. 1.75m x 1m

Charcoal, pencil, pastel, felt pen on paper

Approx. 1.75m x 1m

Charcoal, pencil, pastel, coloured pencil, felt pen on paper

Approx. 1m x .75m

Charcoal, pastel, pencil on paper

Approx. 1m x .75m

Charcoal, pastel, pencil on paper

Approx. .75m x .5m

Charcoal, pencil on paper

Approx. .75m x .5m

Charcoal, pencil on paper

Approx. 1.5m x 1m

Charcoal, pencil, felt pen, pastel, coloure pencil on paper

Approx. 1.5m x 1m

Charcoal, pencil, felt pen, pastel, coloured pencil on paper

At the end of my residency at Nida Art Colony in November 2020, I installed the seven drawings produced during the residency period.

During a COVID-safe open studios event, visitors came to view the work and speak to me about the ideas behind them: goddess mythology, goddess symbolism and Marija Gimbutas, a Lithuanian archaeologist and mythologist