My work is mainly an exploration of the female body. Over the past couple of years I have furthered this exploration with inclusions of my research into my Sicilian ancestry and the influences of the land on my work.   

That was my father's side of the family - Sicily, the land, farming.

Much of this work can be seen at the following link:

http://pattirandazzobeckett.com

I'm now looking into my mother's side and that work will be based on exploration of the Orkney Islands, neolithic art forms and forced emigration.

There is a great article in the National Geographic about the Orkney Islands which has helped me.

http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2014/08/neolithic-orkney/smith-text

Further to that I would like to share another article that is in the recent NG - all about the FIRST artists. and interesting discussion.

http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2015/01/first-artists/walter-text

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patti