Menagerie
Kingfisher II, 2018
Acrylic Ink, Collage 31 x 38cm / framed 43 x 53 cm Original Available Buy Limited Print /100 
Flamingo III, 2018
Acrylic Ink, Collage 35 x 29cm / framed 52 x 44 cm Original SOLD Buy Limited Print /100 
Penguin, 2019
Acrylic Ink, Collage 37 x 28cm / framed 53 x 43 cm Original Available Buy Limited Print /100 |
Kingfisher, 2018
Acrylic Ink, Collage 30 x 40cm / framed 48 x 61 cm Original Available Buy Limited Print /100 
Seagull, 2018
Acrylic Ink, Collage 32 x 40cm / framed 48 x 61 cm Original Available Buy Limited Print /100 
Pied Wagtail, 2018
Acrylic Ink, Collage 24 x 25cm / framed 30 x 30 cm Original SOLD 
Pigeon, 2018
Acrylic Ink, Collage 31.5 x 42cm / framed 48 x 61 cm Original Available Buy Limited Print /100 
Crow II, 2018
Acrylic Ink, Collage 32.5 x 28cm / framed 48 x 43 cm Original Available Buy Limited Print /100 |
Starling V, 2019
Indian Ink, Collage 28 x 21cm / framed 43 x 33 cm Original Available Buy Limited Print /100 
Starling II, 2018
Acrylic Ink, Collage 19 x 29cm / framed 33 x 43 cm Original Available Buy Limited Print /100 
Two Robins, 2018
Acrylic Ink, Collage 22 x 28cm / framed 33 x 43 cm Original Available Buy Limited Print /100 
Flamingo, 2018
Acrylic Ink, Collage 31 x 25cm / framed 52 x 44 cm Original Available Buy Limited Print /100 
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'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. |
