PROFILES, ARTWORKS, PHOTOS, VIDEOS, IMAGES ETC..

The prisoner in Plato’s Cave sees the shadows pass on the wall before him: toy snakes, alphabet blocks, black holes. Disembodied hands lovingly craft a gelatinous ball of purple foodstuffs. An artist meditates in his chapel of tin-foil hats. A black hole emerges from the mouth of a frog, displaying the secrets of the universe. The imagery and text of my work cover a wide cultural spectrum. Concepts as diverse as quantum physics and extra terrestrial mind protection are brought together within a narrative framework that suggests their potential relationships. The multi-disciplinary practise attempts to embody a theory of everything, a grid of connectivity, linking the entire work. These over-arching connections and the small relationships of word and image all form the core critical issues of my work: ‘How are these images and texts connected to one another, and what is the dialogue between them?’ Drawing Drawing is the core process through which these critical questions are tackled. Drawing- both with images and words. The appeal of drawing is that it offers infinite flexibility as a medium. Any subject can be tackled. The bold outlines; flat, bright washes of colour and rounded shapes of my images are instantly re... [ Read all ]