LESLEY BIRCH
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HOLDING SERIES
24 Works on Paper

Picture© Lesley Birch 2020



 ABOUT THE HOLDING SERIES - JUNE 2020
At the beginning of lockdown, I wanted to create beautiful landscapes and escape inside my head. Now, months on, I'm in limbo. Actually, I've been feeling that I am neither coming nor going - I have my grown-up son at home - he's autistic and it's hard to help him understand things. My frustration and feelings of being trapped may well echo his feelings, though he can never express any of this to me. Inbetween all this worry, I've been following my hand and heart as always, creating the pieces you see here - triggered by just that sense of being contained, hanging on and being in limbo. I call these 'Holding' pieces referring to the inner world of my son and my feelings too; and the idea of holding, protecting and nurturing one's family at this time.  In these paintings, the colours are in harmony, but the lines enclose, repeat or break out of confinement.

I am making donations of a percentage of sales to The National Autistic Society.  Thank you for your support.

Of the 24 pieces, I have the following few remaining :

Inside his Head

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Heartbeat

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Contained & Solid

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Sometimes Here, Sometimes There

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Hiding Within

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Abstract pieces from the Holding Series - blocking in, blocking out - responses to my son's autism and breakdown during the pandemic lockdown
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'Tangled Within' - was selected for the exhibition 'Reflections' on artists' responses/experiences of the pandemic - Southwest Academy of Fine and Applied Arts 2020
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D. aged 11
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I dontated a percentage of sales from the Holding Series to the National Autistic Society

 

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All Images ©Lesley Birch 2007-2023
  • Home
    • About
    • Statement
    • Clients
  • Paintings
    • Landscapes
    • Florals
    • Abstracts
  • Exhibitions
    • Apartment 403
    • Fine Art Signed Floral Print
    • Fine Art Signed Landscape Print
  • ARCHIVE
    • Landscapes 2019/2020
    • 2020-2018 Scotland
    • Sandsend 2018
    • Ireland 2018
    • 2017-2015 Stories of Land & Earth
    • Yorkshire 2017/18
    • Tidal Rhythms 2017-2018
    • 2016 Into the Woods >
      • The Presence of Trees
    • Ireland 2015
    • Cornwall 2015
    • 2007-2015
    • Pandemic Projects >
      • Flashback for Lockdown
      • Lucky Dip for Lockdown
      • 21 Days Isolation Project
      • Holding Series
      • 21-Day Isolation Project
      • Romantic Collection
  • Contact
    • Mailing List >
      • Studios
      • Interviews
  • Blog
  • Art of the Week