Original artwork description:

Digital print with acrylic and collage in frame, (would be happy to reframe as is slightly damaged due to being exhibited).

A piece from my final year at the University of Brighton. I was struggling to complete 'finished' work and found myself obsessing over minor details. I decided to reinstate some play into my work and printed out my digital drawings, for me to establish some materiality into the image.
My friend who I was sharing a studio with at the time expressed her interest for this piece, hence the name.

My practice is concerned with the impermanence of memory, and how this is documented whether this be analog or digital. I have become obsessed with this exploration since my dad was diagnosed with Young Onset Alzheimer's when I was 19. My Dad's bizarre behaviour suddenly made sense and I felt a sense of relief, that he hadn't just become a bit of an ass!
I am still trying to deal with this unusual circumstance, therefore making my practice a form of therapy. Incorporating the philosophy of the Surrealists', I aim to immortalise the bizarre, scattered memories him and I share.

This piece in particular focuses on a certain tradition. Dad and I would regularly go out into town and have cheesy ham and mushroom croissants. I am now vegetarian but have tried to replicate the delicacy since- I can never get the cheese melted into the mushrooms in the same way. I can't remember the specific circumstances where we would go to this cafe, but I know it was always a good day.

Materials used:

Print, collage and acrylic

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