IMMERSION 28th April 2026

Figurative oil paintings and drawings on handmade paper, this body of work uses imagery derived from underwater filming as inspiration. The work explores human, water and sea and expresses feelings of vulnerability and loss. Immersion in the sea can be both exhilarating and frightening, full of pleasure but tinged with fear and uncertainty.  

Having recently lost both parents to dementia Trina uses immersion in water metaphorically to represent the slow erasure and distortion of presence and identity.

The paintings are equally about qualities of the painted surface, mark, layering and colour and the distortion or abstraction of image.

The Irish Sea connects Trina to where her mum grew up swimming in the Sea in Northern Ireland, after living in Fishguard through the 1990s Trina has recently returned and is now with her husband Martin running Bakers@70, a pop up gallery/event space on West Street, Fishguard.

Trina Studied a BA in Fine Art in Coventry graduating in 1985 and after a career in art education has recently graduated with an MA in Fine Art from Gloucestershire University in 2024.

For sales or more information please contact Trina on 07833110779  trinapittman9@gmail.com

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