Lesley Garratt
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    • 2020 Resplendent
    • 2019 An Eventuality
    • 2019 Shack Show
    • 2019 Understory
    • 2018 Seven and a Half Acres
    • 2017 Borders and Boundaries
    • 2017 Chimera
    • 2016 Exquisite Corps
    • 2016 Our.Self: Selfie Boxes
    • 2015 Window Dressing: cabinets of curiosity
    • 2014 The Torso Project
    • 2013 The Truck Project: a mobile gallery
  • Works
    • Forming Thickets
    • One and the Same
    • Wall Installations
    • Gouache Drawings
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Artist Statement


Drawing is my primary medium, and like others with a contemporary art practice, I play with a more expansive definition of this discipline that goes beyond and includes, the pencil and pen. Untraditional materials associated with drawing, such as thread, yarn and paper mache, serve to support a more graphic and less painterly approach to my art making.

In the larger body of my work, I am exploring the connections between this human experience and that which is pure, basic and natural. The division between the two seems to widen with humanity’s progress and development. Through the art making exercise, I am attempting to narrow the gap, and to examine the parallels from a socio-political and psychological viewpoint.

The development of conceptual content through symbolism and allegory, representation and abstraction, enables me to explore the interconnectedness of my emotional life, the human condition and the natural world.


Lesley Garratt