beth creates because she has to. art is her language: how she communicates with the world.
she has been an artist ever since she can remember, although she has developed and grown since drawing horses and princesses as a child. painting, installation, live art, mixed media, durational, site-specific, and conceptualism are her primary communicative tools.
dyslexia has meant that she naturally turns towards visual creativity as a means of expression. however, her work focuses on combining the aesthetic with the process: “process = product, product = trace”. she looks to the process of making the work, as work itself- the experience had by those involved, how the end product is affected by the creative process, as well as some works being purely about the materials and surfaces themselves. she raises questions such as: where does the “art” end? is it at the edge of the surface? what about the so called “mess” left on the studio floor, is this less worthy merely because it is not on a canvas?
currently, beth is utilising her work as an outlet for her personal issues- the separation of her parents, and more recently, her experience with lung cancer and the surgery she underwent to treat it. she sees her prominent and dominating scar with mixed emotions; on one hand it is constant evidence of an experience that totally changed and ultimately saved her life, and on the other, it is a permanent reminder of the physical, emotional and mental pain she went through.
influenced by philosophy, contextual research, herself, her own personal experiences and daily life, her work continues to challenge the boundaries of the making, and the viewing of art.
