Lisa Brand – Hidden Memories Exposed (2025)

Lisa Brand – Hidden Memories Exposed (2025)

Objects: Letters, battlefield artefects. Natural mulberry paper, cheesecloth, acrylic, rice paper This piece is inspired by the study of letters between soldiers and their loved ones and research into the war artist Paul Nash. The artist created a fictional character,...
Rebecca Bex Clements – Correspondence (2025)

Rebecca Bex Clements – Correspondence (2025)

Objects: Matchboxes and letters. Mixed media on paper Correspondence concerning missing soldiers during First World War, together with the many matchboxes that are in the archives were the inspiration for this artwork. Small calling cards have been created, with...
Talia Sweed – Thank God I am at Present III (2024)

Talia Sweed – Thank God I am at Present III (2024)

Objects: Letters. Oil on denim scraps, 50 x 40cm For this project I looked into the Smith Brothers’ letters and created imagery in response. My own practice is surrealism based and I’d recently been looking into war artist Paul Nash; I decided to incorporate elements...
Grant Larson – The Bandsman (2024)

Grant Larson – The Bandsman (2024)

Objects: Personal and regimental effects. Oil on board, weathered Private Samuel Stamp was in the 6th Battalion from 1932. This battalion was one of three of the Royal Norfolk Regiment sent to Singapore in 1942 and Samuel subsequently became a Far East Prisoner of...