Art
Formed out of steel wire and stretched, stitched fabric. This piece explores the artists mental health recovery and mending of her relationship with herself in adult years.
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70 x 90 cm
Steel wire, nylon and thread
A delicate lamb ear sculpture, created using a willow frame and stitched paper. The piece explores the artist’s experience of healing from traumas through dreaming.
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30 x 50 cm
Willow, tape, thread and paper
Painting inspired by the contents of a graphic nightmare, the ghostly silhouette of three white crows lies on a fluorescent backdrop, exploring the ephemeral nature of such vivid experiences.
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59 x 84 cm
Acrylic paint on paper
Hand-drawn zine exploring the recurring images of the artist’s dreams alongside wordplay extracted from dream notes.
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15 x 84 cm
Graphite on paper
Multi-media exploration into tentacular thinking, and human connections in a growingly disconnected world.
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100 x 30 cm
Cardboard, plaster bandage, fabric scraps
Mixed media illustration, continuing her inquiries into the contents of her nightmares.
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30 x 30 cm
Acrylic ink, charcoal, and oil pastel on canvas
‘Dreamscapes’ explores the contents of the artists’ anxiety dreams, creating dream-like landscapes in contrast to the unnerving themes.
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60 x 60 cm
Acrylic paint, oil pastel, gold leaf, mixed media
‘Dream Vessels’ is a collection of small-scale mixed media vessels, each acting as a container for elements of dreams and nightmares.
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(8.5 x 8 cm) and (7 x 6.5 cm)
Clay, plaster bandage, acrylic paint, mixed media
An interpretation of dream theories, in application to one of the artist’s specific dreams.
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30 x 30 cm
Acrylic paint, inks, plaster, mixed media
‘Receipts of a Lost World’ is a continuation of Longley’s exploration into the themes of sleep deprivation, anxiety dreams and parasomnia activities.
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(12.5 x 18cm) x 3
Acrylic paint, plaster, mixed media
Triptych of heavily layered paintings, incorporating unconscious drawings with depictions of the artist deep in sleep. Sparking the artist’s inquiries into sleep and dream studies.
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(29.7 x 42 cm) x 3
Acrylic paint