‘Forest Fears’ (2000)
60x40” Black & white photographs mounted onto MDF
Vol. I ‘Storm Damage’ (4 in series)
Vol.II ‘Babe in the Wood (8 in series)

‘Forest Fears’ comprises of two separate ‘volumes’, which draw upon the artist’s experience of fear, pain and recovery from a kidney operation and aims to capture these emotions through the metaphorical and cultural symbolism of nature and fairy stories.

Volume II, 'Babe in the Wood' is suggestive of fairy tales such as 'Little Red Riding Hood' which depict a vulnerable pre-adolescent girl lost in the woods. Whilst provoking memories of our childhood nightmares of threatening places where evil wolves and witches live, this volume also implies a discovery of sexual awakening and self recognition. Based on a dream the artist had whilst in hospital, this volume traces a spiritual journey of being alone and lost in a dark and foreboding forest, eventually finding her way out to rediscover her own life.

The large scale nature of the works, allows immersion, enabling the viewer to feel as though they could step into a brief fragment of this unfolding narrative, intruding upon a scene and observing the actions of a solitary subject who appears unaware and self-absorbed.

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