Shielding by Daniel Goodwin

Ink and watercolour, sketchbook page, 11.5 x 19.5 cm

I moved to Bloxham in December 2019 and Covid 19 arrived just as I was starting a project focusing on my new environment. This work is currently at an exploratory stage. My plans are to use it to develop a new series of paintings and prints which will reflect on the importance of place and connectedness.

Bloxham has a wonderful church at its centre, St Mary’s, which has particularly interesting mediaeval carvings which I have taken as a starting point. There are strong parallels between the times of great change in which they were made and the challenges we all face now. I am trying to use my work to begin to understand what the carvings tell me about the people that were here in previous centuries and what they might teach us about our own situation.

‘Shielding’

This small carving of a sheltering hare on the North wall at St Mary’s Bloxham encapsulates for me the feelings that friends and family who have needed to self-isolate have described. A sort of forced cowering and an uncertain future.

For any enquiries please contact Daniel at info@danielgoodwinart.com