So excited to have been selected for this prize. I live in North Devon and have visited Broomhill on many occasions over the last decade. It has never ceases to inspire me from both their nurturing of the arts and support of slow food. As an artist and married to an organic farmer, Broomhill certainly ticks all my boxes for a center of excellence. Now I can be part of it.
My work as an artist has been directly inspired by years spent protecting rare eco systems on my organic farm. Being close to the land gives you a very clear indication of its strengths and fragility. The damaging impact of striving humanity seems relentless. We appear to have forgotten the importance of our environment to our survival. My fears and anxieties for my children's future are expressed through my work which you can see on my website http://www.suzannehobbs.com/ I have endeavoured to pin down my powerful emotions and convey their essence with a visual minimalism. I work with materials that hold multiple messages: light and dark, hope and despair, past, present and future.
The work I have propose for the Broomhill Sculpture Prize is a continuation of this body of work: Uncertain Futures. This piece has been brewing in my mind for over a year. Much of its inspiration came after the reading of the book 'The Road' by Cormac McCarthy. If you haven't read it do so even just for the beautifully measured prose. It is almost a relief to be getting on with making the piece, getting it out of my head. The following posts will charter my journey to this end.
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