Wild Swimmers

The Atlantic has been a backdrop to Shaunna’s life growing up in Cornwall, which has informed her ongoing Wild Swimmer collection. The works are inspired by our healing relationship with the ocean. How we submerge in to the jewelled greens and blues of the Atlantic can make our troubles seam so much smaller. The Swimmers are often solitary, to highlight  the importance of how spending time alone in nature has a positive effect on mental wellbeing, offering space for  clarity, reflection and emotional rejuvenation. The swimmers are always looking away from the viewer,  making them only identifiable from their hair colour and skin; this allows the identity of the swimmers to become subjective to whoever is observing. Shaunna feels this allows her audience to opportunity to envisage themselves,  playfully wading in  the dreamy coastal waters on balmy days, offering a much-needed therapeutic outlet from the noise of the world.