'Cherry Blossom I'- A signed limited edition silkscreen print with glazes by Dan
Baldwin. Available individually or as a pair with 'Cherry Blossom II'. Printed at Coriander Studio, published by CCA Galleries. 

"I've
always looked back to innocence and nostalgia in my work. I have to be
able to understand my own art, before enyone else can. In my recent work
I have been confronting personal issues; being suddenly uprooted from
the north to the south, taken away from my father without warning as a
child- these ideas have been floating in my mind. In these pieces
(designed as a diptych) we see two rooms, two interiors, the kind of
familiar domestic interiors that should inspire a sense of safety and
comfort. In one, we see my mantelpiece, the clock always set to 2.40, or
twenty to three: 23 being my favourite number and the date of my birth.
The rooms are populated with symbols of refuge; the bird returning to
the nest, children climbing the stairs. The inclusion of the VW Beetle
in Cherry Blossom II also has very a personal meaning; it was my first
car and I restored it with my stepfather, it was also the means for
getting to art college and finding independence. At the same time these
cosy rooms are invaded by a sense of time passing, the fragility of
memory; a cracked vase, a barbed wire fence, a fire, rain clouds. And
finally the cherry blossom, which in Japanese culture is a reminder that
life is overwhelmingly beautiful, but also tragically short."
-
Dan Baldwin