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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.

Image - Reflection Exhibition – Green Wood Centre, Coalbrookdale, Telford. 22nd May – 5th June 2011

I have been working with Emma Purshouse on the theme of the Essex Skipper, which is a small and scare butterfly who has traveled up the M1 Corridor from Essex to the Midlands.

 

When Emma and I began discussing this theme, the journey the butterfly had made and also some of it's key characteristics, I was reminded of my own identity and life journey.  

Like the Essex Skipper, I too originated in Essex and enjoyed socialising surrounded by the 'Essex Girl' stereotypes, and I guess I too have been the butt of many a joke.

 

Like the butterfly I have moved away from this stereotype trying to avoid all 'the dumb butterfly jokes' and the label of 'Essex Girl' but always have Essex in my heart, and still enjoy socialising in the homeland when the opportunity arises. 

Like the Essex Skipper I am small and sociable -  I journeyed up the M1 corridor too and settled in 1999 in the Midlands, which has also become my home. 

In this piece of work I have compared my own life journey and identity with that of the Essex Skipper, I really enjoyed working with Emma on this piece and exchanging many hours worth of classic Essex jokes in the process.

 

My work is an interactive piece and I hope that people will come along and participate by making their own version of the Essex Skipper personal to them using the worksheets I have produced.



'Essex Skipper', Collage and Mixed Media Print.

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'.