The Psychology of Home: Art and Emotional Spaces

Theme: House, home and interiors.

The home to many is usually associated with stability, security and protection. It can however, be a place of loneliness, entrapment and fear. So in this sense, the concept of home is a false one. The individual pieces of art have their own meanings, but when combined together, a tension is created within the space. This tension lies in the conflict between the opposing values of old and new, order and chaos, reality and illusion. These impassive functional objects create a sense of tension demonstrating the inner truths of home. What first appears to be reality may in fact be a facade.

The theme of house, home, and their interiors are used in my artwork. They represent my own memories of the homes I lived in as a child. This representation is not simply in the physical sense, but also in a psychological sense.


‘Door’

(1998)

This is where my story began.

The door with the removed panel.

(Acrylic, polly-filla on canvas)

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‘Pretty Facade’

(Acrylic on canvas)


‘Truth Within’

(Acrylic, polly-filla, wood on canvas)

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‘Future’

(Acrylic on canvas)


‘The Missing Pot’

(Acrylic on canvas)


‘Abandoned’

(Acrylic, acrylic ink on canvas)


‘Reveal’

(Acrylic, polly-filla on canvas)

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‘Broken Home’

(Acrylic on canvas)

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‘Little Door’

(Acrylic, polly-fills on canvas)

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‘Beyond’

(Watercolour, acrylic ink on paper)


‘Transition’

(Acrylic on canvas)

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‘Hiraeth’

(Pastel on paper)

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“Attic’

(Watercolour & pastel on paper)


‘Finger Print’

(Watercolour, acrylic ink, sand on paper)


‘Memories’

(Watercolour on paper)


‘Expose”

(Acrylic & mixed media on canvas)


‘Down to the cellar’

(Watercolour, pearlescent acrylic ink on paper)


‘Finger Plate’

(Watercolour, acrylic ink, spray paint on paper)


‘Dangerous Territory’

(Acrylic, wall paper, rubble on canvas)


‘Cellar’

(Acrylic, pastel, wood)

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© Swansea Maritime Museum 1998

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