My Father Kept his Wolfskin under my bed

My Father Kept his Wolfskin under my bed

'What makes art so good to live with'

'Full of mystery and menace, Read’s haunting groupings contain the contradictory imminences of childhood: its anxiety of isolation, its incidental violence, its consolation of beauty - John Lahr, Senior drama critic, The New Yorker'.

'What makes art so good to live with'

Resurrection, Incarnation

Resurrection, Incarnation

Colour Moves

The ‘Colour Moves’ series stems from on-site research into the mystery of the Inca stonework. At first sight seemingly still, these works are constantly changing in depth and tone and feeling in response to even barely perceptible changes in the light.

Colour Moves

Annunciation: Recollection and Renewal

Varying in process, materials and meaning, these works in oil and watercolour are built up through many layers. The dark tones resonate against the brighter, livelier colours deep within creating a dialogue with their own past.

Annunciation: Recollection and Renewal

'In a different light' 2010-11

Varying in process, materials and meaning, these works in oil and watercolour are built up through many layers. The dark tones resonate against the brighter, livelier colours deep within creating a dialogue with their own past.

'In a different light'

The Storytelling Quilts

The Storytelling Quilts

'The way we are together'

'The way we are together'

'Walking with the Incas'

'Walking with the Incas'

The Psychoanalysis Works

The Psychoanalysis Works

Early Friezes

Early Friezes

'Listening, learning, having fun'

'Listening, learning, having fun'

Messages

Messages

'Transience'

'Transience'