Fantasy Swimming Pools

2008, Collage with photographs (series of 6)

Fantasy Swimming Pools, a series of collages from 2008, proposes outlandish flumes on the site of Margate’s old Lido complex. Lizzy identified strongly with Margate and the sea. The awkward connection between human technologies and unruly nature found in this piece became a recurring subject of later works.

A collage. A multicoloured American-style water slide is superimposed at an improbable angle over a black and white print of Margate's LIDO with angry seas swirling around it.

A collage. A yellow American-style water slide is superimposed at an improbable angle over a black and white print of Margate's LIDO with angry seas swirling around it. Part of the photograph is painted over with transparent blue.

A collage. A bright turquoise American-style water slide is superimposed awkwardly over a black and white print of Margate's LIDO

Fantasy Swimming Pools

2008, Collage with photographs (series of 6)

Fantasy Swimming Pools, a series of collages from 2008, proposes outlandish flumes on the site of Margate’s old Lido complex. Lizzy identified strongly with Margate and the sea. The awkward connection between human technologies and unruly nature found in this piece became a recurring subject of later works.