Archives

Contained within these archives are:

Jamie Shovlin's Introduction, which was originally included in the accompanying catalogue to the exhibition of Naomi's work at Riflemaker Gallery (view this exhibition) in London and serves as an introduction to both the incredible story behind Naomi's work and the details of John Ivesmail's endeavours in revealing the work to a larger public.

John Ivesmail's Essay is probably the most definitive account of Naomi's artworks. The original document is the fifth and probably final draft of an article John submitted for inclusion in the Gravesham Parish Newsletter. For reasons that remain unknown the essay was never published. A copy of the original essay is available as a pdf download (3.66 MB).

John also produced shorter, individual texts to acompany the display of Naomi's School Sketchbooks. These are featured in the School Sketchbooks section.

John Ivesmail's Documents contains a number of documents illuminating the ten years John spent attempting to bring the story of Naomi and the Jelish family to the public.

The Collected Photographs section features a collection of photographs capturing Naomi and John and various members of the Jelish family in the late 1980s.

In July 2004 Antique Dealers Olive and Jim Nash uncovered a small cache of previously unseen works by Naomi. The discovery of these new drawings challenges many of the conclusions and assumptions John provided for Naomi's work. An introduction to this newly discovered body of work is featured in the Recovered Works section.

The Public Records section features newspaper articles and links reporting a number of events from the Jelish family history.

Finally, the entirety of Naomi's output can be viewed in the Gallery section. Also included in this section are photographs of Naomi's work installed for the exhibitions at Riflemaker Gallery and the Saatchi Gallery.