Shaping The View

Presenting “Expectations of The Past” which reflects on the importance of landscape and memory
Louise invites the viewer on an investigatory journey of memory, identity and loss with a body of work including artworks and texts informed by the novel “Great Expectations” by Charles Dickens, which also examines these themes within its narrative. Discussing how specific texts can help us examine our own emotional landscape whilst also considering the influence from past memories and events at the time of making.
Within her methodology, Louise has repeatedly visited locations from the book and those from her own texts and childhood home. Elements from each location fragment, reappear and echo to create a mysterious place where these overlapping stories and memories meet and converse.
This dialogue between the past and present is reflected in Louise’s methodology, which uses a combination of traditional and digital processes, which includes producing large-scale and sketchbook drawings. These have acted as a starting point for further investigation in the print studio and her studio in Hackney.