This years collection is called simply, Communication, a theme I am carrying on from my previous 2024 exhibition, Upon Reflection.  

Communication is the thread that weaves through every human interaction—yet so often, it frays, knots, or unravels. This series of one installation and two sculptures explores the fragile, fragmented, and layered nature of how we express, withhold, and interpret meaning.

Still Loving You Poem by Christine Eltherington

Still Loving You is a poetic exploration of enduring love and unresolved relational fracture, observed through the lens of a long-standing mother-child relationship. The work meditates on emotional silence, the absence of mutual reconciliation, and the quiet resilience of a love that persists despite rejection and neglect.

The poem situates itself within themes of communication breakdown, unhealed emotional wounds, and the complex interplay between vulnerability and relational distance. Through the metaphor of Morse code—traditionally a tool for transmitting messages across great distances—it questions the efficacy of our emotional signals in strained relationships.

Are we truly hearing each other—or just making noise?

The piece ultimately asks the viewer to consider how pain can distort presence and how, in the absence of forgiveness, even love can become inaudible.