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Stanbeth House Gallery, November 2005

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Aspirant

oil and acrylic on wood , 1010mm x 880mm

Private Collection

Artist's statement

When I was about nine I asked Mum "when are we moving to the country?". There was no reason why this was likely except that a couple of her friends had done so – moving onto lifestyle blocks and doing up cold stone Yorkshire farmhouses. My sister and I, pony-mad, saw much promise.

We moved to NZ instead. We girls continued to hang around riding schools, helping out in return for free rides. Eventually Mum & Dad bought us a pony that we kept on the site of the old Bexley dump, grassed over to settle. We went to Pony Club, then to A&P shows...(more)