26/03/2011

Profile of Patricia Swannell in The Marylebone Journal

Andrea Harari of jaggedart introduces us to the art of Patricia Swannell
Patricia came to the art world from a business background and for many years had developed her interest in art through collecting. After working in finance she decided to follow her heart and study art full time, doing both her BA and MA at City and Guilds of London Art School. Four years ago, immediately after her BA, she held her first show at jaggedart with the sculptor Jude Tucker. The show Flowers from an Unknown tree involved an installation based on the 29 trees of Cleaver Square in south London. Patricia’s delicate graphite drawings matched the current profile and circumference of each tree. At the centre of each drawing was a seed or cutting from a tree that represented both the starting point of the tree and its future. The passage of time was subtly portrayed through rings of writing repeating that tree’s characteristics – common name, Latin name, location and the date – echoing the endless repetition of the seasons through time.