New work Lighthouse girl

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Artist Book Project:  I am currently engaged in a collaborative project that merges the realms of visual

arts and writing. This project, titled “Secret Lives of Girlfriends,” aims to explore the complexities of

Female relationships, in isolation.

The current iteration of this project is a visual representation of the project’s concept. The image serves as a second version of the artwork, showcasing the fusion of artistic expression and narrative storytelling.

The story of Fay, source is from national geographic.

IN THE DAYS before some 30,000 soldiers sailed from Australian shores to fight in World War I, many kept their eyes focused on a tiny, rugged island off the West Australian town of Albany. There lived Fay-Catherine Howe, a lighthouse-keeper’s daughter, who became well known among the confined Anzacs.

Adept in the art of signal communications, 15-year-old Fay relayed messages via semaphore flags or Morse code to the troops from their loved ones as the men waited to set sail. She would then send their replies in Morse code via telegraph and undersea cable, back to Albany, where they were transferred from office to office and printed as telegrams.

In doing so, she inadvertently became a cherished symbol of home, the last glimpse of it for many. And although they never met or even spoke to the soldiers, her efforts inspired an untold number of them to write her postcards from the front.

The final version of Fay as depicted in my artist book. Linocut printed on digitally produced archival rag and transparent papers.