Wandering Oil on wood

Wandering
Oil on wood
42cm x 59,5cm

This work is about the old Kempton Park abandoned and haunted hospital. I was fascinated by the hospital as it was abandoned 20 years ago without a trace as to why it happened. There are patient files and x-rays that still haunt the shelves and hospital equipment which still stands forgotten.

The beauty of it all is that in the beginning there were only grass fields and trees. Then man came along to develop the grounds, yet as soon as man left, nature came back and restored itself. Although people have left the hospital there is still a sense of life which wanders through the halls, wards and theatres. It is not just the plants, but also ‘the others’ who have never left the hospital…

Some parts are sanded down to create a fading effect emphasising the rawness of the wood which symbolises the unfinished business of those who wander through the halls.