MOTHER
Working directly from personal experiences of motherhood, pregnancy, birth and postpartum depression, these autobiographical paintings focus on the physicality and interdependence of a mother / child relationship.
Rejecting overly-romanticised views of motherhood, this collection of works see’s McNab depart from figuratism into minimal abstraction. The recurring three pronged flower motif a metaphor for the artist's daughter.
‘These paintings function as emotional landscapes and metaphorical portraits that narrate my experience of motherhood.Themes emerging are isolation ,control, anxiety and joy - the transformative and traumatic experience of becoming a parent. ‘
