Samantha Clark

The Clearing

A memoir of art, family and mental health

Buch

This house has been a regular presence in my life for as long as I can remember. My heart has sunk a little every time I walk in . . .Samantha Clark enjoyed a busy career as an artist before returning home to Glasgow to take care of the house that her parents had left behind. Moving from room to room, sifting through the clutter of belongings, reflecting on her mother's long, sedated years of mental illness and her father's retreat to the world of amateur radio and model planes, Samantha began to contemplate her inheritance.A need for creativity and a desire for solitude had sprung up from a childhood shaped by anxiety and confusion. Weaving… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-4087-1195-8
EAN: 9781408711958
Produktnummer: 28124648
Verlag: Little, Brown Book Group
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
Seitenangabe: 208 S.
Masse: H14.2 cm x B22.2 cm x D2.2 cm 316 g
Gewicht: 316
Sonstiges: General (US: Trade)

Über den Autor

Samantha has been a practising visual artist for many years, working across a range of media, including video, installation, drawing, photography and text, and her writing has emerged from this long creative evolution. Sam originally studied Fine Art at Edinburgh College of Art, Belgrade Academy of Fine Art and the Slade School of Fine Art (UCL), and has taught at Edinburgh College of Art, Tasmanian School of Art, and the University of the West of Scotland. She has an MA in Values and Environment from the University of Central Lancashire and has published in several academic journals on environmental philosophy and eco-art. She currently teaches at the University of the Highlands and Islands and online, and lives on Orkney.