Rental Market Growth

Rental Market Growth is a series which uses the moisture captured from a rental property as a medium to create watercolour paintings. The humid air is harvested through dehumidifiers that collect the water from the property’s air. This dampness is then mixed with watercolour pigment to paint, and reproduce the mould that grows on the walls.

Each 28cm watercolour acts as an intermediary of states between the damp, stagnant humidity, and the mould it will produce. These still-life studies confront the health and ventilation standards within modern rental accommodation and the mildew embedded on the walls, and in the lungs of it’s tenants.