Envelope

Envelope-
This is a work mounted on cardboard and constructed from envelopes, paint, marker pen and digital images from a home printer.
Envelope is a response to loss, regret and the ‘what ifs’ that seem to come with grief. The main central text in the piece refers partly to the only white envelope in the work, a letter never opened because the intended recipient had died. It also refers to the confusion and anguish that the bereavement related to the letter had brought. The address on the white envelope was that of my father’s, the return address my own address. The whole image is designed to look like a very large envelope, a reflection of the growth of grief that accompanied the loss.

Painter in his studio

Painter in his studio
This is an oil and pencil work on canvas based on sketches and two photographs. It is in the tradition of paintings of artists in their studios such as Rembrandt and .
It is a comment on the motives of many artists though not the one portrayed. The artist is portrayed as a mere decorator rather than an artist hence the paint roller and tradesman’s cleavage. The suggestion being is that the painter is ‘knocking them out’ them being the paintings as quickly as possible for money which is what the image of the twenty pound note and the currency signs dripping from the roller refer to. The lack of any other detail in the room/studio suggests that the subject/money is all that the painter is interested in.

Uber Dada

Uber Dada
This is an oil and charcoal work on canvas. Uber Dada is made up of a image of a crucifix with a faded figure of Christ on the cross in a traditional pose. The addition of the two cctv cameras and the cctv banner replacing the traditional one of INRI often found in images of Christ on the cross is strongly suggesting that the omnipotence of God has been usurped somewhat by the apparent omnipotence of the cctv cameras. The dog urinating below both the cameras and Christ suggest that neither omnipotent presence are working as deterrents to disorder. Indeed the cameras pointing at each other from the cross are suggesting the often self-regarding nature of both religion and technology. Further the ‘Uber Dada’ of the title is not so much a statement but a questioning of both systems. The Dada of the title is also a play on the word of father and also a reference to the Dadaist movement who displayed little respect for any institution, system or indeed any artistic movement including itself, preferring to ridicule them all.

The Electrician

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