Apart from working on my bibliography and strengthening aspects of my final outcome I arranged to meet Jo to go to David Ormes’s exhibition “LOT”. It seemed relevant to us both. His method is to paint large pieces of canvas which he then draws by cutting until a shape reveals itself. It most likely will not have a function, the shapes are abstract but he does transform painted canvas into new forms. Through his method he is creating, collecting and arranging objects which the viewer tries to make sense of. There are similarities with my muddling through my mother’s life to try to understand it. Like David Orme’s huge canvas’s I never will fully grasp it, her life can only be appreciated by looking at what I can see, touch and feel.

A very helpful and friendly person. I hope he manages to sell some of his work. It works at its best large scale. It is tactile, restful and intriguing.