Georgina has just finished her drawing called “What does love look like?” The drawing is about a visit that she made to Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts de Lausanne, Switzerland to see Lubaina Himid’s exhibition So Many Dreams. Georgina really enjoyed a previous exhibition of Himid’s at Serpentine gallery, London several years ago and was very please to see that Himid was exhibiting in Lausanne.

Her drawing is a collage of photos and drawings that she made during her visit and includes drawings of the exhibition, the view out of the gallery window and sculptures in the main collection.

Her artistic process involves drawing the things that resonated with her on the day and then collaging them together. The final image aims to give a sense of her experience through merging the drawings together as one. In doing so it also combines many different points of perspective and scale, for example the sculpture of arms was suspended in the air above her but seem more like a hoop to climb through. The architects’ trees that were displayed in a case are now positioned in the drawing on the top of the sculpture of sticks. The sense of feeling trapped in the lower section of the drawing is notable and perhaps represents the artist’s experience of living in the high mountains which can been seen in the upper section. The arms and hands linked together represent her need for friendship and community.

This is a large scale drawing measuring 105 x 70cm and subtley nuances the artists’ sketchbook, copying and enlarging smaller sketches. It is also created in oil pastel, indian ink and graphite bar to mimic the artist pose and movement of sketching with an open book whilst standing.