June Carey

"I would describe my work as figurative and autobiographical. It deals with my personal thoughts and feelings, some of which are subconscious. I usually don’t know what my pictures are about until they are finished.

 

My preferred form of printmaking is etching. This is because it is sometimes difficult to see the final image during the process of making an etching. I like this way of working, because it encourages me to draw in a less inhibited way and results in a more spontaneous and exciting print. My images always centre around a solitary human being, who is unable to speak. I therefore have to convey his/her thoughts using a symbolic language. This sometimes takes the form of written words and images on the body. I try to make thoughts visible, which are of course, invisible.

 

Whilst I am trying to explain to the viewer what the picture is about, I am also trying to conceal part of this message. For whatever reason, it is important to me that something is still hidden; left unsaid.

 

Foreign travel and different cultures always inspire new ideas. It always amazes me what eventually comes out in my work after being exposed to external influences. You never really know what you have absorbed."