1. 1st June 2018 (14cm x 20.5cm), oil on canvas 2. 2nd June 2018 (20cm diameter) oil on canvas board 3. 14th August 2018 (20.5cm x 14cm) oil on canvas 4. 6th July 2018 (30cm x 30cm) oil on canvas 5. 19th – 20th October 2018 (20cm diameter) oil on canvas board 6. 17th February 2019 (20cm diameter) oil on canvas board 7. 31st December 2018 (20cm diameter) oil on canvas board 8. 9th April 2019 (20cm diameter) oil on canvas board
Leading on from the previous post, whereas Polly Pocket compacts offered the possibility of a portable, pocket-sized space for thought, the painting of them has offered the possibility to represent pockets of time. Each painting was completed within a few hours during a half term or school holiday. Balanced on bookshelves to dry, they provided reminders of brief portions of time to oneself.
9. Big Pocket, 6th August 2019 (160cm x 160cm approx, pocket diameter 130cm) oil on unstretched canvas
The scale of the first eight paintings has stayed small around life-size, with canvases ranging from 20.5cm x 14cm of the rectangular and 30cm of the square canvas to the 20 cm diameter of the circular canvas boards. This most recent painting has expanded the scale to a 160cm x 160cm unstretched canvas (130cm diameter of the pocket). The idea was that you could sit inside this one.