Big Picture
88 x 115cm
Acrylic and other media on canvas
This work is quite autobiographical and there is a linear self-portrait of me overlapping the red cross. Also many of the quotes on this work have been chosen for their significance to me at that moment in time in 2009.
God Loves You
30 x 40 cm
Acrylic on canvas with plastic figure.
The cross is black because it was such a heavy thing that God had to come to earth and suffer such an horrific undeserved death for all my sins. Or did he have to? No greater love has no man and so yes, he did it for me and he did it for you. Maybe the four red squares are there for martyrs? Oh apostles what do you think? The darkness of the cross is counterbalanced by the open-armed message of the comic figure.
Anti-camouflage overalls
I painted a pair of very plain khaki overalls with bright coloured acrylic paints mixed with fabric medium. I used neon among other colours in a camouflage pattern so as to make the wearer stand out and not blend into any surroundings. I stencilled a dove as a symbol for peace and the words "this way up". The primary reason for this artwork was to provide me with suitable attire for a performance art piece that I intend to do at the Greenbelt festival.
Art Peace
Found object
I found a chair, which had a sort of tiger design on it and painted it in such a manner as to make it stand out more. Also it is a play on words. It is a piece of art, but I've labelled it "peace" as I'm interested wherever possible in incorporating a healing and peace into my works.
Black & White Abstract
30 x 40cm
Acrylic on canvas
There may be a slightly larger area of this work covered in black, or that may be a false perception, I find an overall balance in this piece. Just as one may interpret some randomly placed lines with a dot as representing a fish, so too could one say that in an evolution of art/reality a fish has disguised itself using the artists to enable it to escape all known predators, saving the dreaded art critic.
