Alice Fennessy

Growing

2021

Pencil on paper

550mm (H) x 420mm (W) x 20mm (D)

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Artist Statement

While pregnant, I found comfort from constant anxiety in my garden. Watching the plants I tended grow and bloom felt hopeful to me. This drawing was made as I processed this anxiety in a time of uncertainty, a reminder to think of things growing healthy and strong.

About the Artist

Alice Fennessy

My work is currently intertwined with motherhood as I raise my two young children. I find myself endlessly fascinated by the juxtapositions or dualities thrown up by pregnancy and motherhood, how these experiences can be simultaneously beautiful and ugly, ordinary and other, tender and excruciating. My work explores these spaces through materials and compositions; disparate images from fleeting moments drawn together in stark tones on surfaces such as paper, silk or aluminium. My work aims to be sensitive and vulnerable, casting light on experiences of life often disregarded. I studied a Bachelor of Fine Art with Honours at Massey University CoCA, and also work as a gallery educator and art teacher.
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