Oil on Board 26" x 16" inches
... ...My newest finished painting, rather melancholy... ...
16 Dec 2010
(WTF is?) Lowbrow group exhibition
(wtf is?) Lowbrow features a collection of artworks from a group of London Miles Gallery artists. The exhibition will include original paintings from Xue Wang, Alex Young, Nom Kinnear King, Tiffany Liu, Joe Ledbetter, Scott C, David Marsh, Morning Breath, Fernando Chamarelli and limited edition prints from Silvia Ji, Caia Koopman, Kukula, Jade Klara, Carles Gomila, Tom Bagshaw and many more..
26 Nov 2010
To-Wit To-Woo
To-Wit To-Woo Oil on board 31" x 21" inches
20 Oct 2010
The Idol Hours group show @ London Miles Gallery
London Miles gallery presents a themed group exhibition featuring a bold selection from the International Contemporary art movement
13th Nov-1st Dec 2010
I am very honoured to take part in this show with so many great artists
and created a piece called Trash Baby inspired by
The Execution of Lady Jane Grey
Trash Baby
The Execution of Lady Jane Grey 1833, Paul Delaroche
Trash Baby Oil on Cardboard 33 x 26 inch
When I first encountered Delaroche’s epic work (the dimensions of the original virtually fill one wall of the National Gallery), I was struck by the drama and deathly anticipation of the piece. Lady Jane Grey (1536/7?-1554) has the unfortunate moniker ‘The Nine Days Queen’. She was imprisoned in the Tower of London
In my response to Delaroche’s sombre and highly staged painting, the execution has become a chaotic and choreographed set piece. There are hints of a film set and the female participants are curiously objectified. The world they find themselves in, where hope and fear are irrelevant, is sickly sweet and unremitting.
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My Interview with Georgie Magazine (issue 4)
It has turned out really nicely :-)
14 Sept 2010
New Series 01... ... ... The Night Kiosk
These are from a new series I'm working on at the moment. Still more to come...
24 x 20 inch
Oil on canvas
2010
2010
13 Sept 2010
High Tea
Oil on cardboard
24 x 24 inch
2010
2010
For London Miles Gallery 'Made In Britain' group show
http://www.londonmiles.com/Made-in-Britain.html
http://www.londonmiles.com/Made-in-Britain.html
My inspiration for this piece started from the magical Tudor style houses seen in Britain
The texture of old oak timbers, warped with age and the bulging walls of these buildings are to my foreign eye, the quintessence of ‘Englishness’.
I also find the monochrome contrast of black wood and white plaster visually powerful. These elements I have incorporated in this painting. The sombre interior is given relief from the rear window light. The main figure is engaged in a very British ritual (tea time). She is chastened by her doll who holds the key to her liberation. Although trapped inside her darkened room, her dream reality permits her to enjoy the exterior freedom of her doll’s house.
3 Sept 2010
The Last 'Leg Over'
Oil on Canvas
24 x 20 inch
2010
In this piece I took the Anderson Hollywood décor. The result is, I hope, something dislocated. Centre stage, the lady appears both impassive and oblivious to the uniformed figure she straddles. The intimacy of their pose is negated by her indifference. She stares out blankly, tears staining her face. Why is she crying? Surely not on account of her lover. The incapacitated rusty tin soldier, rejected for his physical deformity may hold our attention but not necessarily win our sympathy. He cannot express feeling but simply evoke reaction. Still the ballerina-cum-harlot in my piece peers into his hollow metal interior and projects her love for him. As to the nature and evolution of their relationship, I cannot say. The viewer is left to ponder.
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