‘Jenny Mc Namara works in her studio to explore emotional response to colour and pattern. Mc Namara is especially interested in the potential of visual pattern as a tool for mindfulness, making you more aware of the present moment. The artist believes that coloured pattern can be useful for mindfulness in several different ways: finding patterns, making them and looking at them. Striped collage test (2023) is a collage pinned up between the wall and the floor. Mc Namara made this work as a test for a larger piece, to try out colour combinations and think about how it could work to make patterns more sculptural.’