Menagerie
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Swan
Acrylic Ink, Collage
35 x 52cm / framed 53 x 73 cm

Toucan II, 2018
Acrylic Ink, Collage
31 x 38cm / framed 43 x 53 cm

Kingfisher II, 2018
Acrylic Ink, Collage
31 x 38cm / framed 43 x 53 cm

Flamingo III, 2018
Acrylic Ink, Collage
35 x 29cm / framed 52 x 44 cm

Crow, 2018
Acrylic Ink, Collage
37 x 28cm / framed 53 x 43 cm

Penguin, 2019
Acrylic Ink, Collage
37 x 28cm / framed 53 x 43 cm

Kingfisher, 2018
Acrylic Ink, Collage
30 x 40cm / framed 48 x 61 cm

Seagull, 2018
Acrylic Ink, Collage
32 x 40cm / framed 48 x 61 cm

Pied Wagtail, 2018
Acrylic Ink, Collage
24 x 25cm / framed 30 x 30 cm

Pigeon, 2018
Acrylic Ink, Collage
31.5 x 42cm / framed 48 x 61 cm

Crow II, 2018
Acrylic Ink, Collage
32.5 x 28cm / framed 48 x 43 cm

Starling V, 2019
Indian Ink, Collage
28 x 21cm / framed 43 x 33 cm

Starling II, 2018
Acrylic Ink, Collage
19 x 29cm / framed 33 x 43 cm

Two Robins, 2018
Acrylic Ink, Collage
22 x 28cm / framed 33 x 43 cm

Flamingo, 2018
Acrylic Ink, Collage
31 x 25cm / framed 52 x 44 cm

Owl, 2018
Acrylic Ink, Collage
32 x 25cm / framed 47 x 39 cm

'Menagerie' presents a masquerade of bird portraits in watercolour inks and collage, exploring notions of display and allure. The work is a result of an emotive response to the symbolic and allegorical nature of animals, in particular birds, that have the ability to cross both linguistic and territorial boundaries. Fragments of magazine fashion garments interrupt and obscure their faces, evoking a sense of isolation as well as a discomforting inability to connect with the image as a whole.  The artist embodies each bird with a naive humour, where vivid colours and the seductive visual language of fashion are used to address issues of dislocation and desire, serving to undermine conventional expectations about our relationship with nature, commodities and society.