I painted a small set of work based on my pregnancy in 2003. The works were highly personal and reflected not only my joy and excitement at being pregnant but also my fears and anxiety. The works were highly textural with sand, cloth, collage and wax as well as being figurative. Two (including the one to the left) were hung and sold in that years staff and tutor exhibition at The Learning Connexion, the other which I felt was not strong enough to hang in the exhibition is now in my bathroom. At the time they were very cathartic. It felt good to express what I was feeling internally in a very external way. The paintings said more than I was able to communicate with words and once completed I felt strangely disconnected from them. Some works once created are very difficult to let go of but these works (despite being proud of them) I was happy to let go to the very enthusiastic purchasers.
The process enabled me to explore my negative feelings and change them into into something positive. Like the earlier work 'Journey' (from my Aunts death) I felt I had gained something through my creative expression of the experience.
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