UWE DRAWING AND PRINT 2021 PANDEMIC SKETCHBOOK
CONTENTS PAGE Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Mae Anderson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 May Bell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Claire Blackburn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Phoebe Cowell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Bethan Dallimore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Abby Davies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Toby Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Isobel Dyte . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Sam Evens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Beth Gare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Tori Guilfoyle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Henry Harvey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Damira Khairi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Marie Lister . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Anna Lockett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Shannon Lopes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Marine Loyer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Jo McAllister . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Anna McDonald-Anakaa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Tilly Muir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Miranda Parry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Emily Pearce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Jelena Rasevska . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 C. Reacher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Francesca Salva . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Amy Stevenson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Charlotte Tempest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Alfie Warder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Megan Wheatley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Meg Buick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Ian Chamberlain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 John France . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Lucy Ward . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
INTRODUCTION This has not been an easy year, but we have come through it together by drawing. Whether confined at home, or in student accommodation, drawing was still possible when other forms of creativity were not. Drawing only requires simple means and materials, but drawing has proved to be vital to all of us. Over the last few months, drawing has proved how versatile, adaptable, and portable it can be. We have connected by drawing together, we have used drawing to record the unfamiliar times, and our ever-more-familiar surroundings. Drawing has distracted us from bad news, kept us occupied when we couldn’t go out and has given us time away from screens. Drawing is lo-fi, it is accessible, and as such it is powerful. Throughout all this, our students have proved their adaptability too, their willingness to take on new challenges and to remain resilient. Our students have produced some exceptional work, pushed themselves to reveal new ways of working, and made great leaps in their artistic practice. They have showed commitment and perseverance. Their ’Pandemic Sketchbook’ is a snapshot of works in progress, ideas, and thoughts, a record of the work they have made during this year. We would like to thank all our students for their dedication and their drawings, and wish them all the best for the next stage of their lives.
Programme Leader, BA Drawing and Print Lucy Ward And the programme team, Ian Chamberlain, John France, Meg Buick
MAE ANDERSON
instagram: @maemadethis Making work during the pandemic a�er moving home with no access to tradi�onal studio facili�es was difficult. I felt overwhelmed by all of my stuff shoved into the �ny box room at my mum’s house, and the only way I felt able to deal with it was documen�ng the declu�ering process. This concer�na book is made of the centre of an A1 pain�ng – a pain�ng where I had documented the build up of cups, bits of rubbish, hair �es, etc, on my bedside table over a series of 5 days
Zennor coastline Claire Blackburn (Instagram) claireblackburn55. (email) claireblackburn55@gmail.com
“Art is the only way to run away without leaving home” Twyla Tharp
Phoebe Cowell @phoebe.amber.art I use fragments as artefacts that represent an imagined time and place. Places that are created through responding to the emotional landscape I find myself surrounded be. I make messes and let them inform themselves so that the work builds in layers and then compiles on top of itself. Largely it is a personal study of how I feel.
Bethan Dallimore Observational Sketches From Lockdown 2021
@bethdallimore_art Bethan2.Dallimore@live.uwe.ac.uk https://bethandallimorefinalyearblog.weebly.com
During Lockdown 2021 Bethan dallimore broaden her more interior themed work to more personal observational scenes throughout Bristol, with the contrasting vernaculars of wildlife and city riots whilst still encapturing the fragility of life, and the contrasting emotional conitations with uprising , loss, freedom and nature.
Abby Davies (Material: Stick and Indian Ink/Ink Wash) Email: Davies_abby@yahoo.co.uk Instagram: abbyy_davies
Pandemic Sketchbook Toby Day Email: Tobyday26@gmail.com Blog Website link: https://tobydaysdplevel3.weebly.com Over the course of the pandemic my working practice has adapted several times with both positive and negative results. At the start of the first lockdown, I found it very challenging to find the motivation to consistently make work and think of subject matter while only really spending time in the park or at home with my family. After a while I started thinking more about what familiar spaces mean to me and how our perception of places is affected by being in them every day – for example becoming desensitised to inspirational sights such as simply looking out the window or feeling closed in or isolated by spaces which were once relaxing. This way of thinking has fuelled most of my project this year using my imagination to alter landscapes of locations which have had an impact on me as well as focusing on self-portraits because of a lack of subjects to paint, such as these somewhat abstract ones in the centre and on the right.
During lockdown, my sketchbook pages have had the most development as the calming effects of nature provide an escapism for me. These charcoal drawings were formed from the idea that no matter what is going on in the world, there will always be hidden beauty within nature.
Isobel Dyte
Instagram: @isobellucyxx Website: isobel1999.weebly.com Email: isobellucy@hotmail.co.uk
Beth Gare @bethgareart
beth_gare@yahoo.co.uk
Capturing the stillness of life during this pandemic. In my developing series, I aim to bring the viewers to discuss the being of this current life surrounded by man-made machines. In the pause of time during this pandemic, I managed to dance with isolation and made it my friend. Not only I see machines and technology as human advancement, but also a way to portray how the human mind when left alone, can achieve dreams beyond limits. With repetition of muscle and mind, mankind has always and will always be surrounded by their own creation. I firmly believe that I am here to record those creations. With my original artworks, I aim to deliver a healthy message to all the viewers to bring colour in this life of grey. -Damira Khairi ‘21
Jo-Anne Mc Allister
Anna McDonald-Anakaa email:
amcda@hotmail.co.uk
website: https://annamcdonaldanakaa.weebly.com/
Miranda Parry miriparry@gmail.com @miriparry_drawings
Emily Pearce 07525758574
emily.pearce@rocketmail.com
@scremart_
The lockdown quickly turned into an endless booze fest, leaving me with a slightly tipsy and abstract view of the city – an oil spill over Bristol harbour.
Jelena Rasevska "The national lockdown - it is the best time to look at the ordinary things with a completely new sign. The national lockdown - it is the best time to look at Yourself." ✉ elenrushart@gmail.com
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Elen Rush
The pandemic was a big change in everything and to everybody, in my artwork I have taken advantage of it, I am working in the hospital part time alongside my studies and I am using drawing to record my memories of what I saw over the last year.
Alfie Warder
LECTURERS WORK
Meg Buick
Ian Chamberlain
www.ichamberlain.co.uk
instagram.com/ichamberlainartist
twitter.com/iancchamberlain
During the lock down period with no access to print facilities I have concentrated on my original drawn works, working with the themes of Shelters, outposts and Boundaries. My work usually focuses on technological advancement and development but this body of work concentrates on mankinds basic need for shelter and protection from the elements
John France
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS We want to take a moment to give thanks to all the students who submitted their work to this publication. We know it has been a difficult final year and we are grateful to be able to have the opportunity to produce and share this publication with you. We also want to thank the lecturers for supporting us throughout our degree and making this course such a gratifying experience. Invaluable help came from Tom Abba who has assisted us throughout the production of the publication. Special thanks go to the catalogue committee:
Mae Anderson Phoebe Cowell Sam Evans Shannon Lopes Jo Mc Allister Miranda Parry Amy Stevenson Megan Wheatley
As well as the publication team:
Shannon Lopes Amy Stevenson
Cover artwork designed and created by Shannon Lopes and Amy Stevenson