Collector III
This series continued the fascination with William Morris and the Pre-Raphelites. The silhouettes of female forms are taken from photographs of 'reader's wives' found amateur websites. They emulate the repeated poses of models in magazines but fail in the process.
ACANTHUS (DIPTYCH), 2006
ACANTHUS (DIPTYCH), 2006
Separated from badly lit bedrooms and lounges the forms become objects encased in glass. The key reference was a moment in the Yellow Wallpaper when the halucinating protagonist witnesses a woman running through the lawns of a country house garden.
chrysanthemum, 2006
The history of topiary and its use by a variety of social classes in Northern Europe created the basis for the designs. The graphic forms of the wallpaper are given a new life and entropy has been allowed to creep in, displacing a hard cut edge with natural movement.
golden lily, 2006
IRIS