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Early Years’ – a co-publication between Paupers Press & Enitharmon Editions
‘Early Years’ brings my interest in nurseries as a subject for painting into the language of printmaking with my first set of etchings. Early Years is a term used to describe children’s developmental provision in the years before they start school. It’s a period in which young children learn about the world around them -how to feed and dress themselves, speak and understand language and build relationships with others. Each etching depicts a scene of nurture with a paired back palette of colours allowing me to enjoy the quality of line that etching offers. ‘Spoon Fed’ depicts my own daughter eating lunch as a 2 year old, ‘Comforted’ and ‘Prepared’ show children in the forest setting of the outdoor nursery both my children have attended, and in ‘Settled’ the little girl at the centre of the image looks back directly, interested in my presence there documenting these acts of care which are most often out of sight.
