'The girl from Kyiv'
2020
Oil paint, embroidery thread, vintage hemp fabric and solar print in vintage sewing machine drawer

Winner of The Border Art Prize 2020
https://artgallery.tweed.nsw.gov.au/PrizesAndAwards/BorderArtPrize


The inspiration for this work is my creative grandmother, who came to Australia as a post war refugee.  As a child I was fascinated by her old singer sewing machine. It was bought second hand and had a drawer missing. This drawer may very well be the missing one, so I have filled it with memories of family and her new life in Australia, including a tiny embroidered squirrel done by her.