From New Orleans to Margate — Words Inside the Painting
There’s a particular kind of quiet that settles in when you stand in front of a painting you’ve lived with for months — a quiet that holds memory, movement, and the small shifts that shape a life. My piece From New Orleans to Margate is part of MEMENTO AMORIS at The Lido Stores, and this week I wanted to share a small film of the words that sit inside it. The video is simple just the text, spoken slowly, for anyone who needs a gentler moment in their day. These words were written during a turning point for me: turning forty in New Orleans with my partner, feeling something shift, and realising how deeply Thanet has rooted itself in me. That sense of being held by a place and changed by it runs through the whole painting. Being part of this show at The Lido Stores feels like a full‑circle moment. The space itself has such a calm, generous energy, and the exhibition brings together artists whose work holds memory, tenderness, and emotional resonance in different ways. You can explore...
