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The choice of working with carrier bags, was quite a long process, that happened by circumstances.
'Part of my daily routine is a walk around the strip of land at the bottom of my road, that was formally known as 'Prenton Quarry'. With the backing of Groundwork Wirral the land was transformed into a conservation area, and has become a haven for wildlife.
During my walks, I got into the habit of taking photographs of the area, and using the images for reference for my paintings that have an environmental theme.'
In a nutshell, the area started to become used by a variety of people..and hand in hand with people..came the litter.
'I needed to find a use for the carrier bags that had been left'.
Information about the transition from painting to mixed media can be found in my blog:
carrierbagworks.blogspot.com/
To view images of work, click on each box below.
Commissions
- Carrie. Carrier Bag Penguin for Liverpool's Go Penguins: www.gopenguins.co.uk/site/ . Sponsored by The Environment Agency.
- Henry. Penguin as above. Sponsored by Tate Liverpool
- Peace and Freedom. Rhino sponsored by NWDA : www.rhinomania.co.uk/ And my blog for this : wendywilliamsnewwork.blogspot.com/
Work in Public Collections
- Wolverhampton Art Gallery.
- Atkinson Art Gallery. Southport.
- A T Hun Gallery. Savannah. USA.
- Alvida Gallery. USA.
Exhibitions
2010
- Bags and Baggage. Liverpool Academy
- Earth's True Colours. ArtBox West Kirby
- Wirral Spring. Williamson Art Gallery
- Recycling Exhibition. Birkenhead Pavilion
2009
- West Lancashire Open. Chapel Gallery. Ormskirk
- Decomposition. Novas CUC. Liverpool
- COAST Festival. Banff. Aberdeenshire.
- Land. Norton Priory. Runcorn.
- Soup at the Citadel. Citadel Arts Centre. St. Helens.
- Waste into Art. Liverpool Academy.
- Wirral Spring. Williamson Art Gallery.
- Soup at View Two .View Two Gallery Liverpool
- Pink & Blue. Novas CUC. Liverpool.
2008
- Migration. Novas CUC. Liverpool
- Soup @ Hope. Hope University Campus. Liverpool
- Liverpool Biennial. ‘In an Ideal World’, St. Bride’s Church. ‘VIDA!’ Williamson Art Gallery. ‘In the Dock’, Unit 18, Albert Dock.
- North by Northwest. Tate Liverpool.
- North by Northwest. Design Innovation Centre. Leeds
- North by Northwest. Arts at Trinity. Leeds
- Wirral Spring Exhibition. Williamson Art Gallery
- Soup @ New Bright Art, New Brighton
- Soup @ Gallery RedBill, Flint
- Expect The Unexpected. Egg Space. Liverpool
Pre 2008
- Liverpool Biennial. Cube Noir, Liverpool.
- 2 Women. The Artists Gallery. Willesden. North London.
- Mall Gallery. Gronigan. Germany.
- Solo Show. Ktisis. Liverpool.
- A T Hun Gallery Savannah. USA.
- North West Women Artists. Salford Art Gallery. Manchester.
Above is some of my work, feel free to have a good look at it, and contact me if you have any questions
