Of Beasts and Bodies (2023)
Waves and wisps of flesh circulate through each work, at times becoming corporeal. Beasts wander with an air of nonchalance, only faltering to make eye contact with the viewer. My paintings are confronting visualisations of a post-humanist dysphoria; an alternate reality where humanity is absent. The ‘beasts’ and ‘bodies’ are contrived to provoke thoughts that violate imagination and separate humanity from nature.
'Of Beasts and Bodies I', oil paint and ink on glass, 390mm x 300mm, 2023 and 'Of Beasts and Bodies II', oil paint and ink on glass, 415mm x 295mm, 2023
'Of Beasts and Bodies III', oil paint and ink on glass, 430mm x 430mm, 2023
'Of Beasts and Bodies IV', oil paint and ink on glass, 400mm x 385mm, 2023
'Of Beasts and Bodies V', oil paint and ink on glass, 350mm x 285mm, 2023
'Of Beasts and Bodies VI', oil paint and ink on glass, 400mm x 315mm, 2023
'Of Beasts and Bodies VII', oil paint and ink on glass, 380mm x 310mm, 2023
'The Convergence', detail, oil paint and ink on glass pane, 1800mm x 900mm