OUT, IN and OUT AGAIN

This year, 2019, our country will leave the EU. Probably. However one voted, whatever one thinks, the situation we find ourselves in at this late hour with no definable deal is a trifle worrying. At the time of the referendum, 23rd June 2016, I painted a series of pictures, using our back room as a metaphor for the country. It is time (I think) to share them.

Room ONE 1973: We were OUT, but the government decided we should be IN
Acrylic paint on paper
Imagining the room as we first joined Europe in January 1973

Room TWO 1975: IN and we're going to stay IN
Acrylic paint, newsprint, wood chips and sand on paper
Here we were in 1975 with the first referendum when the nation decided to stay.
already there are fires burning, while outside we read about ourselves in the press

Room THREE 2016: IN but let's get OUT
Acrylic paint, sand, wood chips, studio dirt on paper
The country votes to leave 23rd June 2016
This jump makes a big splash, but who knows where the water will settle, or if anything will ever be dry again?