Watch: Season 3, Episode 6 - The Future
I ticked a major item off my bucket list, when my baby Huey and I appeared on one of my favourite TV shows 'Grayson Perry's Art Club' on Channel 4.
Why did I make an artwork for the show around the theme of the future?
Huey was born with a serious congenital heart defect - Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome - which requires multiple open heart surgeries and medical intervention to ensure his survival and will very likely decrease his life expectancy.
I felt compelled to make this painting, entitled 'Death Is At Our Dinner Table', as my way of making sense of Huey's condition.
It has totally reframed our relationship to the future.
It’s brought his, and our own, mortality much more into focus.
So in the picture, I've depicted my family and I inviting death to our table.
We’re breaking bread with it, accepting its outsized and looming presence in our lives now, and trying to make the best of it.
The enduring message is that we need to make the most of the here and now.
Thank you to Swan Films and Joe Evans for letting me share my artwork and story. It was such an honour to feature on this wonderful programme.
If anyone's interested in supporting, please donate to The Brompton Fountain charity, which has done so much for us and all the other families at the hospital affected by heart and lung conditions.
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