​​Colour Of A Bruise is the unfurling of collected experiences; It is a remnant in constant flux, the occurence of paint settling down into permanent form. I use painting as process of unearthing methods to investigate the relationships between bodies, where painting and the river are bodies connected to her own. I investigate a metaphorical translation of things from the external environment to an intangible space within a canvas.

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This work is the result of elongating the process of making within Holmes' practice. It involves collecting, observing, and gathering until a breaking point, where she can no longer resist the urge to paint.

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The collection is growing, the bruise will be painful. Sometimes it's a waiting game. Sometimes it's too soon. 

 

The overwhelming urge to create has resulted in a ridiculous amount of hard-work. I've built stretchers, made paint, boiled linseed oil, and washed all my canvas in the river. Colour of a Bruise is about an exertion of labour, which acts as an extended exchange between my body, the water, and the painting.

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Splinters, sediments, water. 

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The immediacy of the paintings stems from this lengthy preparation process.