Is this a dagger which I see before me?, 30x40", oil on canvas. 2014
Tuesday, April 8, 2014
Is this a dagger which I see before me?
In Progress
Is this a dagger which I see before me?, 30x40", oil on canvas. 2014
Is this a dagger which I see before me?, 30x40", oil on canvas. 2014
A Soft Place & Statement
A Soft Place (Bear Legs), 12x22", watercolour and ink on paper. 2014
In the work I have been procuring of late, I seek to reflect a sense of
transformation, texture and a touch of absurdity beneath each moment
of idleness; My work focuses on rendering figures which fall
somewhere between youthful, decrepit, beautiful and brittle. The
bodies I paint, primarily feminine, are glimpsed in an innately
empathetic moment - however defiant to engage with the viewer. The
images portray the mundane everyday, playing with the allure of
comfort and the underlying anxieties that may be concealed. The
paintings whisper of a fear of displacement and an ache for danger.
My imagery echoes themes from American folklore, imbibing a sense of
innocent story-telling while portraying figures threatened by
something unseen; if only their own restless passivity.
Madamme Rip Van Winkle
30x40", oil on canvas. 2014
Other
hen-pecked madammes wish they could have shares in Rip's good luck and had
the luxury of sleeping through the hardships of American Revolution.
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