Polly marks inviting tracks and sometimes rosy paths throughout her work.
“I have been drawn to the sea, mountains and hills since I was a child staying with my grandparents in Ireland. I spent whole summers there, looking at the sea from the garden and the mountains behind, pondering and wondering. It often felt eerie, and I felt a sense of solace, though I did not comprehend that at the time as a child.
I have also spent many an hour hillwalking and camping in the UK and abroad. There is something about being in that environment, about engaging with an ever-ending view that is really important for me and feels mysterious/enigmatic, wondrous, somewhere to escape, a journey to the unknown. When I paint, I escape. If other people escape when they view my paintings, then that would be a bonus.”