From a single lead tip flow images of tiny square robots, towering stacks of teacups, innocent woodland creatures, and sensuously blooming roses. They all overlap to create ‘another world’ – a state where we (especially me) could explore a different form of reality, often dreamlike, an innocent youthful dreamscape.
Drawing is the most basic and honest tool in visual arts, it delivers the fragile and timeless quality intended in my work well. The process of producing my drawings begins with collecting images of animals, erotic plants, vintage machines and vehicles, toys, architecture and tablewares. I then play with juxtapositions and scales – tiny architectural structures placed alongside a huge downy rabbit, antique cameras paired with cupcakes. Through my drawings, the significance normally associated with these objects are re-examined, they transform the way in which we view the world, helping us to asses once more how we interact with our surroundings and the objects that we find within them.
While pencil sketches full of fanciful textures and paradoxical shapes or creatures are my primary form of art, I started by dabbling in various art mediums that emphasized a different set of themes and subjects.
The Greatest Little Show On Earth
55 x 70cm. pencil on paper, 2014
My Sewing Machine
60 X 80cm, pencil on paper, 2013
The Botany
60 X 80cm, pencil on paper, 2009
Whitening Toothpaste
40 X 60cm, pencil on paper, 2010
A Spoonful of Sugar
40 X 60cm, pencil on paper, 2010
Capricorn
45 X 50cm, pencil on paper, 2011
Safari Basket
60 X 80cm, pencil on paper, 2012
Portrait of Fred
60 X 80cm, pencil on paper, 2010