Self Portrait

A melancholy A4 self-portrait prepared using black ink. Fine marker pens and watercolour on watercolour paper.

Jimmy

An A4 portrait of my son Jimmy, representing his silhouette inside the nervous system. Prepared using black ink on watercolour paper and overlayed with white machine stitching.

Tuesday night parent group

This is a small sculpture of a group of five people standing 30cm tall. It represents a group of people that I met at a parenting course for troubled kids. We all sat politely but I could feel the anguish and despair of each person and represented it in their poses. It is made of small pieces of white felt hand stitched together and stuffed and sitting on a felt covered timber board.

Introspection

This a self-portrait in the form of a small sculpture about 25 cm. It represents the despair and sense of bondage that a mother can sometimes feel. It is made of woollen blanket material, ballet stocking, string and wax.

How do you feel?

This is four from a group of nine portraits that represent young people that I would see while waiting in counsellor’s offices. Many sad & confused people would come in and out and I have tried to capture their look. These were prepared using conte crayon and charcoal . I have then covered them with mesh or lace and spray painted over them.

Pooki, Suzi and Wendy

These are 3 of 8 whimsical gnomes that have been prepared using styrofoam , tiles and crockery. Each character has his/her own expression and is pondering how he fits into groups and she he conform or be different.

Cross section of the mind

This is a woodcut print 40 x 60 cms. The woodblock was prepared from plywood and cut using a router. The inspiration comes from images of cross sections of pine stems that were very beautiful. I then tried to picture what the inside of the mind may look like.

Crazy old man

This image is prepared using two different woodcuts. First a woodcut was prepared of an interesting image of an old man, this was printed in black ink. Then I printed over the top in red my woodcut from the previous image.