SHERAN BARTON

Join Sheran Barton in her studio as she explores how old family photographs become paintings about memory, connection and the passage of time.

Working from snapshots kept in a shoebox for decades, Sheran enlarges and reinterprets familiar faces, allowing some details to remain clear while others fade into the background. Layers of acrylic paint, washes and deliberately obscured features reflect the way memories accumulate, shift and lose definition.

In this film for the PROCESS exhibition at CRATE59, Sheran discusses a deeply personal painting of her mother as a child with her grandparents at the beginning of the Second World War. Fluorescent pinks and greens bring an unexpected sense of joy to the image, while highlighting the people who hold the greatest significance for her.

It’s a thoughtful glimpse into an artist’s process—and the ways a small photograph can hold a much larger family story.