The Princess Theatre & Arts Centre commissioned 10 Somerset based visual artists to create a body of work that reflects lockdown and the lack of human contact to create an exhibition called Contact, thanks to ACE’s emergency response grant, funded by the National Lottery.

In response to the exhibition brief, my commissioned piece Embrace explores an illustrative representation of a stripped and decontaminated individual, exposed and vunerable. However, comforted, shielded and embraced by an object in the form of a towel, absorbing emotions.

The illustration expresses strong biro and pencil marks, that are accompanied by an assemblage of components often paper, photographs and things found to create layers of interesting textures and colours.

For the exhibition I was asked What do you miss about lockdown or what have you discovered during lockdown in 30 words and my response Time with family and friends has been negatively abscent, yet time positively present to focus on creativity. In turn lockdown has led to participation in this exciting exhibition - Contact.

The artwork by all 10 artists will be available to view from the 2nd November to 21st December and is presented on The Princess Theatre & Arts Centre’s digital platform www.theprincesstheatre.co.uk The original artwork will also be hung in the gallery space in the Theatre for visitors to see when it re-opens in Princess Street, Burnham‑on‑Sea, Somerset, TA8 1EH