The Unquiet Room

Hidden from public view, this unused attic room at East Riddlesden Hall has escaped much of the overlay of modern use. Light streams through the lattice panes of a stone mullioned window, catching worn stone, timber and objects within the room before dissolving into deeper shadow. Painted in acrylic ink and watercolour, the work explores the quiet presence of a space that feels largely unchanged over many years. There is a sense of time held within it, of lives and histories that have passed through and are now absent, leaving the room somehow unquiet.