3 3/4 x 4 in
Naomi portrays fragmented mythology using recurring symbols as an aid to unveil previously forgotten memories. Her intimate iconography reconciles her experience of loss, inviting ever-evolving reinterpretations of personal mythology. The titles are mediated from conversations with her mother before she passed, and now late-night ones shared with her sister. The imagery is inspired by these not as a literal depiction, but as an embodiment of the sensations that memories provoke but cannot put into words. Naomi is interested in how painting, combined with text fragments, empowers the re-experiencing of a moment.
In the work people emerge as otherworldly beings, perhaps they are ghosts, gods, or vessels. Naomi uses the medium of watercolour on stretched cotton, its sensitivity allows the work to hint at a form's perceptible outline without reducing it to a fixed image or narrative. The space embodies an unearthly presence, appearing and disappearing simultaneously.
Naomi Boiko-Stapleton completed her BA in fine art painting at Brighton University in 2022 and has exhibited in group exhibitions in the UK and internationally. Her work resides in private collections across the UK and abroad in Holland and the USA.