I've been quite disorientated during the last couple of weeks. After a wonderful trip back to the UK during which I had an enjoyable time exhibiting at the NEC, I was thrust back into American life with quite a jolt. One minute I was sipping a cup of Earl Grey in the sunshine, the next it was a tall soya latte in Starbucks looking out at the misty rain of Seattle. I don't normally create pictorial work but this little piece came from the heart, a mixture of nostalgia and memories of home....
And so I find myself packing again, this time a trip back to the UK for an exhibition at the RBSA Birmingham and then onward to visit my beautiful daughter in Turkey. With family now scattered across the world, I find I'm contemplating more and more the notion of 'home'. Is it a fixed location? Where do I consider 'home' to be right now? Can I make a new 'home'? Is 'the way home' a physical path to be followed or a spiritual one?
So many difficult questions! And I thought I was just making art! For now I'll concentrate on packing my bags & leave the philosophical thinking for the 9 hour flight home!
