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and culture of self-sufficiency is evident in Felicity's mono prints and
sculptures and clearly influenced by a childhood spent in a rural landscape
strewn with agricultural structures and shelters composed of brick-wood
and corrugated iron.
Her subject matter has evolved from the practical outbuildings of Yorkshire and Swiss Heidi inspired chalets to more industrial units. Her recent prints present broken and abandoned wooden barns in vast featureless landscapes. The remote setting in each drawing indicates a frontier that demands a resourceful and determined respect from those who would wish to settle there. The work often begins with sketches that represent the panorama she encounters in her own travels. Much of her work is inspired by images captured from train journeys, as well as an extensive collection of early souvenir travel books, discarded postcards and photograph albums. Her work evokes a sense of space and intrigue that makes one want to explore around and within the structures portrayed. However, the absence of any discernible pattern of roads lends the work a static impenetrable quality.
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