Platforms Project Art Fair is an international independent art fair in Athens. I am thrilled to be invited by artist Jackie Berridge to exhibit in this artist led art fair. The fair takes place in the School of Fine Arts, Athens 13-16 October.  As part of Platform HMS ‘Telling Tales’ I have made 2 picture scrolls which are wound between 2 spools for display on a traditional ‘crankie’ storytelling device. Dante’s Inferno tells the tale of Dante’s journey with Virgil through Hell. Lithograph on Atsu Kuchi paper 23x240cm The Butterfly Soul tells the story of a dream. Solar etching on Lokta leaf paper 22x180cm.

Participating artists include: David Ainley, Joan Ainley, Andrew Bracey, Jackie Berridge, Robbie Bushe, Louisa Chambers, Cynthia Harrison Orr, Harriet Mena Hill, Michael Johnson, Debbie Lee, Arianna Tinulla Miles, Masao Nahahara Mandy Payne, Kerri Pratt, R&F Mo, Geraldine Swayne and Gabriel Tejada Maggi.

Printmaking Residency at Lemonade Litho. In May I began an art residency at Lemonade Litho in Bristol which was supported by a bursary from a-n The Artists Information Company and Arts Council England. I worked in collaboration with Catherine Ade of Lemonade litho to use the process of colour lithography.  This has enabled me to translate ‘Dante’s Inferno’ into a limited edition picture scroll.

You can see the finished scroll on this link Dante’s Inferno Scroll.

The Wonderbook has made a wonderful article about my scroll you can read it here Debbie Lee and Dante’s Inferno.

I have made a new animation music video for the Chesterfields. I am so pleased to share the link to ‘Year on the Turn’ Helen’s Song from the Chesterfields’ new album called ‘New Modern Homes’. The limited edition 7 inch vinyl is released on 26 August which has one of my drawings on the label. This charcoal drawing on paper 60x84cm is one of the final drawings from the animation.

Into the Woods at Durlston Country Park 25 July-7 August. In this exhibition 8 artists respond to the forms and atmosphere of woodland. Working in sculpture, painting, drawing, photography and animation, they celebrate the magical properties of the woods and their importance within an environmental context. The exhibiting artists are Tim Edgar, Jay Goulding, Jim Hunter, Tony Kerins, Debbie Lee, Shannon Ribbons, Katy Shepherd and Julie Winsor.

As a child I was unaware of the unseen dangers of playing in the woods, but as a woman entering the woods alone to sketch I feel vulnerable to the unseen and uncanny nature of the woods. I have looked at fairytales for inspiration in particular Hansel and Gretel and Babes in the Wood to help me to convey this feeling of uneasiness. Image: Into the Woods triptych oil on canvas 76x202cm.

Black Swan Arts Open 2022. I have two paintings of my daughter selected for the Black Swan Arts Open in Frome. This exhibition runs from 15 July-11 September.  School Girl and Cat, oil on aluminium 36x28cm. I often paint childhood memories. These portraits of children are on the threshold of adolescence which is a time of transformation.
In the Sitter oil on aluminium 36x28cm, my daughter assists me in a magic trick exploring the theme of psychological transformation through play: a girl vanishes…now you see her now you don’t.

Fringe Arts Bath

Glitch at 44AD Art Space, Abbey Street, Bath 27 May-12 June

I am pleased to be in Glitch. Glitch is a group exhibition curated by Lisa Lindqvist for Fringe Arts Bath. This show explores the theme of Glitch through the work of 14 artists.The artists included are: Alyson Minkley, Anwyl Cooper-Willis, Chris Mitchard, Debbie Lee, Francis Willoughby, Genevieve Sioka, James Lawton, Jay Ryan, Leonie Bradley, Lisa Lindqvist, Lucy Ward, Neil Milton, Paul Raymond and Susan Ridge. The exhibition investigates algorithms, cyber culture, personal identity, distorted truths, evolution, the myth of perfection and human connection. It explores this through multi-disciplinary approaches: video, animation, sound, poetry, sculpture, photography, printmaking, drawing, digital art, painting and installation. Pictured here is a detail of my drawing titled Glitch, charcoal on paper, 70x70cm.