Yasmin Lambie-Simpson

WHY NOT HORSES (2025)​

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Defining beauty and nature in the city - the journey continues as I explore the urban landscape of the Bay Area.

 

Why Not Horses is inspired by making a card with a horse theme for a friend that led to an obsession with this image...

 

I have been making prints on my geli plate for the past 18 months that are inspired by the grunginess of the city, the concrete, the rust on buildings, the colours of the city, shapes of buildings. However, wherever you walk in the city, nature is struggling to survive. There are cultivated green patches throughout San Francisco but not here as I walk from the Civic Center Bart station to 8th and Folsom Street or navigate safe streets towards the number 30 bus that will take me through Chinatown to North Beach. It can feel like a concrete jungle, though there is beauty in the shapes, the colours and the life of the city.  I have combined both of my loves here to made these layered images.

 

I’m interested to see what will emerge…​