Tabitha’s main inspiration is taken from the human form and working closely with the body, expressing a scrutiny, a discomfort, an awkwardness of how ideas around women, mothers and death and dying are viewed. Based on personal experience of becoming a mother, Tabitha draws parallels with her work as an HIV nurse and palliative care nurse, examining bodies. The intimate. The gruesome. The close-up. Tabitha is inspired by human interactions, conversation and intimacy.
Working in an expressive, experimental, instinctive way, Tabitha repeats images using impulsivity and intuition, becoming familiar with a gut response and bringing instinctive thought to the work, reflecting on themes in the end results.
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