The Black Honey of Summer

The title of Sally Stokes solo exhibition, ‘The Black Honey of Summer‘ as well as the pictured artwork is inspired by a Mary Oliver poem, ‘August’. Stokes references a lot of her paintings with poetry. In fact, every morning a poem is shared together with her husband, Tony “it’s a way of connecting at the start of every day. If the day begins well, it will often end well”. Interesting to note the poet, Oliver is completely immersed in the body of “Other”, which in this context is a bear. She has brought in the plight of a bear living…

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