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.
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