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Woman series - 1

2018

I am currently exploring artistic depictions of women compared to the reality of our lives.

I reference and question the (predominantly-male) artistic view of women either as objects of desire, ripe for exploitation, or as household goddesses, safely controlled and restricted by child-bearing, child-rearing and domestic ‘duties’. Picasso once said that women were “goddesses and doormats”. He was/is not alone in that attitude.

Attempts to address or redress the issue have been “resolved” with violence, treated as a joke, met with comments such as “Get over it”, or simply ignored,. Sadly, for many women, change is slow or non-existent. They live, they reproduce and they die, unknown and unrecognised.

I have incorporated archaic ritual female figurines associated with fertility and reproduction with some of the vocabulary of motifs – washing on a clothes line, scars and stitches, hearts, houses, stars and rain – that appeared in my recent Moments of Truth and Unexpected World series, as well as earlier paintings from the 1980s.

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    acrylic on board,

    65cm (H) x 125cm (W) (framed size)

  • Get Over It, 2018,

    acrylic on board,

    64.5cm (H) x 125cm (W) (framed size)

  • The Three Graces, 2018,

    acrylic on board,

    64cm (H) x 64cm (W) (framed size)

  • I Must, I Must Develop My Bust, 2018,

    acrylic on board,

    46cm (H) x 33cm (W) (framed size)

     

  • Tormented, 2018,

    acrylic on board,

    60cm (H) x 60cm (W)

  • Leave It Behind, 2018,

    acrylic on board,

    42cm (H) x 30cm (W)

  • Are We Sisters?, 2018,

    acrylic on board,

    42cm (H) x 30cm (W)

  • Cover Up, 2018,

    acrylic on board,

    42cm (H) x 30cm (W)

  • End Result, 2018,

    acrylic on board,

    120cm (H) x 60cm (W)

  • Here They Are, 2018,

    acrylic on board,

    42cm (H) x 30cm (W)

  • International Women’s Day, 2018,

    acrylic on board,

    120cm (H) x 60cm (W)

  • Judgement Day, 2018,

    acrylic on board,

    30cm (H) x 42cm (W)

  • No Freedom, 2018,

    acrylic on board,

    120cm (H) x 60cm (W)

  • Waiting Game, 2018,

    acrylic on board,

    60cm (H) x 120cm (W)

  • The Humble Wish, 2018,

    mixed media on board,

    62cm (H) x 122cm (W) (framed size)

  • River of Blood, 2018,
    acrylic on board.
    42cm(H) x 59.5cm(W)
  • Shadow of Our Former Selves, 2018 diptych,
    mixed media on canvas.
    76cm(H) x 76.5cm(W)
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