A series of studies trying to master the art of as verre églomisé.

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A work in progress, I am experimenting on a new series combining still life and portraits, hence the different studies on display. The series explores the Western Philosophical tradition of misogyny and its belief that women needed to be contained, they leak and can’t be trusted. I plan on creating 12 paintings featuring a woman contained in a tea cup with a flower symbolising the birth month. Painted on the teacup will be a Western Philosopher. All reverse painted on acetate on different layers.

My home was featured in 25 Beautiful Homes UK Magazine 2017 and Houzz online February 2017.

My Houzz: A Crush on Kitsch Gives a Townhouse a Quirky Edge

I was the winner of the Kip and Co Art Series Bean Bag competition 2016.

https://kipandco.com.au/blogs/kip-co/kip-co-art-series-2016

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Inspiration for my work comes from questioning misogyny in western philosophical tradition. The collective title of these works ties together the individual pieces, each named after an influential western philosopher and their viewpoint on women.

For this series I use new and traditional mediums in a unique way. Gouache and ink on transparent acetate and Yupo are used which allow for hybrid layers which combine to create the finished work. The base layer on Yupo utilises inks and the process is largely uncontrolled representing the living cells of my subjects evoked in the moment. The animal nature of woman that needed to be contained. Often my work includes a semi controlled layer of flowers printed directly onto the surface their residue a fleeting memory of nature representing women’s discursively constructed ‘lack of reason and moral ability’ and questioning the hierarchal distinction between masculinity and art and femininity and craft. The final figurative layer is a painstaking process working in reverse to create a mirror image of the subject.

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I came second in this competition and was awarded an Illustrators Australia membership!

For this series I am motivated by past ephemera, psychedelic art, and the scopophilic projection of women in culture throughout the ages. This series focuses on the fetishization of women in popular culture, and in particular pornography. The subjects from this series are all taken from 1970s Playboy magazines. Feminism in the 70’s largely retained the patriarchal attitudes of previous generations, Robert Crumb aptly stated “Free love meant free sex and food for men. Sure, women enjoyed it too, and had a lot of sex, but then they served the men.” This is clearly depicted within the pages of 70’s girlie magazines where women are served up for consumption!
My process involves drawing the female figure from the magazine and then situating her within suggestive patterns and icons. The icons or motifs are not suggestive when isolated from the female figure however the juxtaposition with the female nude shifts their meaning. I am interested in how society has imbued these motifs with symbolic meaning in this context.  Next, I transfer the image to acetate using a permanent pen and paint the reverse side (working backwards) with gouache. A second piece of acetate is painted with gouache to create the background. Finally I place the two layers together, the top layer in reverse to create a flat glossy appearance like the pages of a magazine and the bottom with the rougher matte paint strokes faced upwards. This was my first time using acetate and these works were progress works for my midway show.