Portal by Holly Goodridge
This artwork is a series of works that are a response to her autism diagnosis. Each piece of work is a series of paintings that serve as an act of escapism, diverging from a world that is perplexing, to a new space that is comprehensible to her personal existence. Positioning multiple paintings and ceramic vessels together, as though a ritual, the work functions as a portal, using bold colours to push out from the wall and draw the viewer’s gaze into an unknown.
This creates a new environment, immersing the audience into a geography that is both abstract and dynamic in its presentation, introducing them into a world similar to her own.