Title: Artists don't need ladders
Medium: White opaque glass, glass stain and red enamel.
Dimensions: 20cm x20cm x 6mm
Year: 2024

The Community Artist
The anonymous artist can sometimes be found working diligently, hidden away in communities facing extreme environmental challenges. Occasionally the impetus to make the world a better place overcomes the gravity of the studio. Catapulting the individual self into the milieu of the inoperative community.

The challenges facing community come in many forms, anti social behaviour, crime, decaying housing & infrastructure and environmental degradation. This can lead to the feeling that one isn’t part of the mainstream and is missing out on all the great opportunities the world has to offer.

Here the fertile ground of the artist’s imagination provides a gateway to another world hidden in plain sight where experiences of the everyday are transformed into transcendental realisations.

Resilience and perseverance are traits that the artist shares with their interlocutors. Both have endured the trials and tribulations their respective formations have imposed on them, surviving on less than most.

Voluntary participation in cultural activities isn’t necessary only proximity and interaction of some sorts. The exchange is never fully satisfactory because artists aren’t life guards and most people aren’t muses.

However regardless of the results both bring the stubbornness of belief in the hope that things can only get better.