PHILLIPPA EGERTON

PHILLIPPA EGERTON MA

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phillippa.egerton@icloud.com phillippaegerton.co.uk PhilEgerton13 phillippaegerton Phillippa’s work comprises linocut, woodcut and silkscreen prints, paintings and sculpted politicians’ cake heads. Her subject matter covers both figurative and abstract themes, as she moves from one medium to another, building on each to create anew in the next. Her work is inspired by her fascination with scripts and her drawings of imaginary writing became the basis of her abstract work.

Her work is also informed by global and political events, especially in her climate change series using the image of a single building in different climatic settings. Certain poems have influenced her in suggesting imagery and mood along with her interest in history, which shows that species and civilisations can disappear so we need to be on the alert. Her work also displays dark humour as in the dystopian harlequin and ragdoll series that incorporate her love of the African landscape, while the cakes get sliced up and eaten.