This series will examine the use of fabric as a cover, as protection, as a sanctuary for humans literally and figuratively. It will look at the power of artistic responses to contemporary problems in raising awareness, provoking empathy and hopefully inspiring positive change.
People have been wrapping their dead in fabric for centuries. Across beliefs and cultures, burial shrouds stem from a human need to purify, to protect, to contain what we are surrendering to the great unknown. And while the living cloak themselves in fabric for warmth, for safety, for cover, and for solace, they use the soft swaddle of cloth to comfort them through grief when they are parting with loved ones. This painting is the first of a series about life and death. About hope and fear; about wrapped women - literally shrouded in layers of fabric, and figuratively wrapped inside the layers of their own existence.
Wrapped- 90cmx60cm - oil paint, acrylic paint, fabric, and yarn on canvas