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FLOAT
An exhibition of recent works by
ELIZABETH WALKER | SUSANNE HAKUBA | PIPPA DARBYSHIRE
Curated by Alice Herrick
AT JOSEPH WALES STUDIOS
16th to 26th October 2025
Gallery open Thursday to Sunday 12 noon to 5pm
(otherwise by appointment)
Private view: Thursday 16th October 5pm to 8pm
Float brings together three artists whose work navigates personal, poetic and emotional connections to the sea. The exhibition offers a shifting perspective on coastal life, memory and resilience.
Elizabeth Walker anchors the exhibition with cyanotypes of jellyfish – quiet, meditative works that trace the transient and the fluid. Pippa Darbyshire presents luminous seascape paintings, many featuring boats that float between abstraction and familiarity. Susanne Hakuba’s images are inspired by life and the sea and have been fundamental in reconnecting with herself and nature.
Together, the artists offer viewers a space to reflect, drift, and reconnect – to sea, to self and to each other.
SUSANNE HAKUBA
Susanne is a self-taught visual artist working with photography, photomontage, collage and moving image. A German national she has lived in the UK for 20 years, and currently lives in Margate, Kent, where she is a member of Resort Studios.
For Float she presents a body of work that is inspired by life by the sea and that forms a resource for the re-affirmation of life and the beauty and wonder of the natural world.
ELIZABETH WALKER
Elizabeth is a multidisciplinary artist, born in Michigan and based in Margate, working with photography, mixed-media and found materials. Her practice often centres on overlooked natural forms and fleeting phenomena. In this exhibition, she presents cyanotypes of jellyfish, capturing both the fragility and quiet resilience of marine life.
PIPPA DARBYSHIRE
Pippa Darbyshire is a painter whose luminous seascapes are rooted in close observation of coastal light, weather and movement. Working primarily in oils, her work balances abstraction and familiarity, often featuring boats as solitary or symbolic presences. Pippa has exhibited widely in the UK and abroad and maintains a deep connection to the sea through both life and practice.