What Is Ordinary?

Ordinary captures people as they are; unfiltered, unposed. It doesn’t frame the marginalised by struggle or triumph, but through presence.
Too often, lives are reduced before they are even seen.
A single word can strip a person of self.

A schizophrenic. A depressive. A manic. A burden. A risk.

‍Ordinary refutes this.

‍Artist Siris Hill travels across the UK, living alongside the people he paints. His process is slow, built on time and attention. Siris paints for the person in front of him. Stating the work is only complete when they can’t deny what’s there.‍

"This isn’t about mental health. It’s about being human. In the towns and in the hours we share. Where life actually happens. I represent the parts no one is talking about, beyond diagnosis. Because life doesn’t exist in absolutes. It exists in the in-between."

This is Ordinary, a permanent place in the world for those pushed to its edges.‍

‍No labels. No categories. No distortion.
Just people. Moving through life together.

‍Human. Beautiful. Ordinary.