Etched in Memory
 

These etchings were created between 2009  - 2010 and reflect on stories my mother told me when I was growing up of her life in Greece as a child. Stories of ghosts walking up and down the staircase in the middle of the night, running out of the bomb shelter to rescue a pet pig, walking to the neighbouring village with her mother through poppy fields. Her favourite flowers are embedded in my memories of her, and a landscape I could only imagine through a child's mind. As dementia began to take a toll on her life, her mind, her memories I wanted relive her stories through image and somehow make them more permanent. 

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Rescuing the Pet Pig
Multiple plate colour etching/softground 2010
50 x 65cm
Walking through the poppy fields
Multiple plate colour etching/aquatint/softground 2010
50 x 65cm
Ghost Stories
Multiple plate colour etching/aquatint/softground 2010
35 x 50cm
Festivity of Greek Easter
Multiple plate colour etching/aquatint 2010
50 x 65cm
Geranium (1st state)
Multiple plate colour etching/aquatint 2010
11.5 x 10cm
Geranium (2nd state)
Multiple plate colour etching/aquatint 2010
11.5 x 10cm
Gardenia (1st state)
Multiple plate colour etching/aquatint 2010
11.5 x 10cm
Gardenia (2nd state)
Multiple plate colour etching/aquatint 2010
11.5 x 10cm
Dahlia (1st state)
Multiple plate colour etching/aquatint 2010
11.5 x 10cm
Dahlia (2nd state)
Multiple plate colour etching/aquatint/softground 2010
11.5 x 10cm
Hydrangea (1st state)
Multiple plate colour etching/aquatint 2010
11.5 x 10cm
Hydrangea (2nd state)
Multiple plate colour etching/softground 2010
11.5 x 10cm
Jasmine (1st state)
Multiple plate colour etching 2010
11.5 x 10cm
Jasmine (2nd state)
Multiple plate colour etching/softground 2010
11.5 x 10cm
At The Beach (2nd state)
Multiple plate colour etching/aquatint 2010
20 x 25cm
Village (2nd state)
Multiple plate colour etching/aquatint 2010
20 x 25cm
Sunrise over mountains (2nd state)
Multiple plate colour etching/aquatint 2010
20 x 25cm
Beach (2nd state)
Multiple plate colour etching/aquatint 2010
20 x 25cm
Hillside (2nd state)
Multiple plate colour etching/aquatint 2010
20 x 25cm
Fields (2nd state)
Multiple plate colour etching/aquatint 2010
20 x 25cm
At The Beach (1st state)
Etching/softground 2010
20 x 25cm
Village (1st state)
Etching/softground 2010
20 x 25cm
Sunrise over mountains (1st state)
Etching/softground 2010
20 x 25cm
Beach (1st state)
Etching/softground 2010
20 x 25cm
Hillside (1st state)
Etching/softground 2010
20 x 25cm
Fields (1st state)
Etching/softground 2010
20 x 25cm
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