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Poets and artists

Rosalind Glover

My work is concerned with the theme of identity and explores how my identity is a product of my personal relationships with God, others especially family, friends and nature.

I studied Fine Art Printmaking, Applied Theology and Criminal Justice and my artwork relates to my interpretations of these areas.

I am interested in identity and I believe that identity is a product of humanity being created in the image and likeness of God 'imagio Dei'.  I have been raised as a Christian, which has always impacted on my fine art practice and has led me to explore a wide variety of 'Votive' imagery and texts.

I am also fascinated with 'evidence' and 'memory' and this has led me to produce a body of work called 'Evidential Memorial'.   Focusing on how objects may be portrayed as evidence and how personal objects and artefacts are often used to build up a presumed identity.

I continue to look at artefacts and how these are evidence of humanity, identity and nature and I explore this in a variety of ways using different print based mediums including: Lightboxes, canvases, textile pieces and photography.

I want my work to trigger the viewer's memories and allow them to search for the 'identity' within the fragmented pieces of information.

Images – Rock and Fossil Festival Exhibition September 2009

When visiting Wren's Nest I was struck by the layers or rock, each of which depicted to me evidence of a layer of history and what had been left behind from times gone by.

These layers were like pages in a book that overlayed each other and collectively told the story of Wren's Nest through the rocks, which were inprinted with evidence of passed times.

My artwork interprets these rocks and fascinating surfaces as a small book that like the rocks is layered and patterned telling a story, which is open to the viewer's own interpretation.

Jane Seabourne and I talked through ideas together and our thoughts and feelings about Wren's Nest.  We both loved the idea of the rocks telling a story and also the layers of rocks looking visually like books but also being keepers of history.  We started to think about our work as a guide to our interpretations of Wren's Nest - and both being small of stature thought about a pocket guide book and well the poetry and art just grew from there, with plenty of coffee and conversations.



'Pocket Compendium to Wren’s Nest', various printmaking techniques and mixed media.

Images - Light House Exhibition April 2006

'Rememberance' Black and White Photograph. Based on votive images including candles, sacraments and inscense inspired by Jane Seabourne's poem 'Perfume'.

'Memorial Candles' Black and White Photograph. Based on votive images including candles, sacraments and inscense inspired by Jane Seabourne's poem 'Perfume'.

'Memorial Candle' print on canvas. Based on votive images including candles, sacraments and inscense inspired by Jane Seabourne's poem 'Perfume'.

'Reflections' Print on canvas. Based on votive images including candles, sacraments and inscense inspired by Jane Seabourne's poem 'Perfume'.