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Recent Works
2013-2014
"The Anatomy of Life"
Artist statement
“The Anatomy of Life” is a body of work, inspired by my father’s sudden and surprising triple bypass heart surgery. It is composed of traditional portraits of my father, but also anatomical works. I have always been interested in anatomy and felt this was the avenue to let me explore this interest. There is an educational aspect to the works – as in medical illustration, but in a more gothic/romantic style. My aim was to combine the emotion and psychological pull of a realistic portrait with anatomical depictions of the heart, veins and other organs.
 What's insideWhat’s inside?, 2014, oil on canvas, 77 x 61 (cm) Sold |  Lung/Heart Anatomy, 2013Heart/Lung Anatomy (posterior view) 2013, pencil on paper,is from a body of work inspired by my father’s heart bypass surgery, which I had an exhibition on in July 2014; and was a finalist in the Waterhouse Natural Science Art PrizeOne challenge was not knowing exactly what these organs look like. My research led to the anatomist Jean B.M. Bougery, along with Nicolas-Henri Jacob - whose work I love, and which this work is after. This work is 59x65cm (framed.) |
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 Dissection of thoraxDissection of thorax, 2014, watercolour on paper, 32x24 (cm) $300 |  What a triple bypass scar looks likeWhat a triple heart bypass scar looks like, 2014, oil on canvas, 120x80(cm), $2000 |
 Look InsideLook Inside; 2014, pencil on paper, A4 $250 |  The Anatomy of the Heart,The Anatomy of the Heart, 2014, oil on canvas, 101.5 x 76cm, $1500 |
 After surgeryAfter Surgery, 2014, oil on canvas, 61 x 40.5 (cm) $650 |
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