Jem Clancy is another artist who got in touch after she’d discovered the exhibition. With her graphic style of drawing, she expands the range of art on this website. Here’s what she says about making art and connecting with others.
I like to make art. I like that art says lots of things that words can’t. I use it to make sense of the world, to record and understand things, a bit like a diary without words. I like that everyone can make art and I like that art can help you connect with people. I also really love dance and it was much the same with that, I liked and needed to do it, but not just in a studio.
I am verbal but drawing, making, dancing feels more natural to me. I struggle with words, it’s a real effort to talk especially, but of course it’s what we ‘must’ do. Art is different.
I used to make pictures and give them to people when I didn’t know what to say but wanted to reach them somehow. I’ve gradually got braver sharing my work with more people and it’s made me want to do more. Art can be so powerful! That scared me at first but now it excites me because by making and sharing I can reach out to people. In small ways at the moment, but I hope it will grow.