memories of a bee, summertime

postcard from the Lido

heat haze

arrival

roller coaster

time travel

summer night dream

after the rain

pause

coasting

integration

Pasiphae's child

memory of a bee

dancers

journey

finding Aurora

the gardener

mid summer, garden

guardians

meeting point

between

echo

Memories of a Bee is a series of cut and pasted gouaches made over the last few years, my first solo show since we all became temporary hermits. The slow pace, daily walks, and lots of pottering in the garden fed the work - watching bees choose their irresistible flowers; watching myself choose irresistible scraps of painted paper; moments of timelessness; memories of childhood’s timelessness and of specific times; memories of a wordless conversation with a bee; and moments of the utter pleasure of watching a bee clamber deep into a flower and struggle out again.

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Elise V Allan, Artist.

September 2022