This piece was developed following my series for “Feast”, an exhibition at Stevens Street Gallery in Yandina at the end of 2025. I have worked from an aerial perspective intermittently for many years, an approach to still life I was introduced to by my tutor, Jackie Shelton at university. I have explored this perspective in my Simple Gifts series, creating work using this style since the late 1980s.
I love lemons — the shape, the colour, the smell, the taste of lemon cake, and real lemonade. I also use them a lot in student still life setups. One of my proudest gardening triumphs was growing my first lemons, something that as a kid in 1980s Britain felt like an impossible dream. Lemon Solo refers to a lemonade my kids loved here in Australia.