Facing The Wind, 2021. Pencil, graphite powder and silver wax on Fabriano paper., 175x130cm
The Matriarch II, 2021, Pencil, graphite and coloured pencil on Fabriano paper, 175x130cm
First institutional solo show at Leeds Art Gallery, 27 May - 30 October 2022.
"The Wisdom Tree includes a number of her signature large-scale drawings as well as more private artworks and notebooks. Highly symbolic, subtle and poetic, Charmaine’s drawings fuse the artist’s interests in herbalism, alchemy and history. Researching the medicinal and physical capabilities of plants, she has personified a matrilineal pantheon of guardians safeguarding and facilitating cross-generational knowledge and empowerment." (Leeds Art Gallery).
"The Wisdom Tree includes a number of her signature large-scale drawings as well as more private artworks and notebooks. Highly symbolic, subtle and poetic, Charmaine’s drawings fuse the artist’s interests in herbalism, alchemy and history. Researching the medicinal and physical capabilities of plants, she has personified a matrilineal pantheon of guardians safeguarding and facilitating cross-generational knowledge and empowerment." (Leeds Art Gallery).
Installation shots by Simon Warner