A literally surreal take on life under lockdown, how staying at home for months on end has made me feel like a suburban housewife as I anxiously watch the world go by via electronic screens. But both I and my alter ego hold on to hope for the future via a single red rose. From a series of pandemic postcard studies. Collage on panel, 10 x 15 cm

Should I Believe That I’ve Been Stricken?

From the series, "One Of Us Cannot Be Wrong," monochromes and reds, architecture and flowers, a stroll alongside Leonard Cohen. Collage and acrylic on 8"x10" wood gallery panel, inset into 12"x16" wood panel. "I'm coming now, I'm coming to reward them"

They Sentenced Me To 20 Years Of Boredom

From the series The Scream, a homage in title to the great Norwegian painter Edvard Munch. Colours, shapes and hysteria in noisy discord. ​​​​​​​Collage and watercolour on 12”x16” wood panel. Uncontainable colours and shapes, splashes of watercolour pigment. “A work of art comes only from inside a human being.” – Edvard Munch

Darling, Can't You Hear Me?

From the series The Scream, a homage in title to the great Norwegian painter Edvard Munch. Colours, shapes and hysteria in noisy discord. ​​​​​​​Collage and watercolour on 12”x16” wood panel. Wild-eyed film noir panic with splashes of watercolour and more than a touch of surrealism. “Your face encompasses the beauty of the whole earth. Your lips, as red as ripening fruit, gently part as if in pain.” – Edvard Munch

Ultrasound

From the series One Of Us Cannot Be Wrong. Monochromes and reds, architecture and flowers, a stroll alongside Leonard Cohen. Collage and acrylic on 8"x10" wood gallery panel, inset into 12"x16" wood panel. "And where do all these highways go, now that we are free?"

The Stories Of The Street Are Mine

From the series, "One Of Us Cannot Be Wrong," monochromes and reds, architecture and flowers, a stroll alongside Leonard Cohen. Collage and acrylic on 8"x10" wood gallery panel, inset into 12"x16" wood panel. "Take this longing from my tongue, all the useless things my hands have done..."

Let Me See Your Beauty Broken Down

A drug-fuelled lockdown evening in New York City, full of hallucinations and Magritte-piped fish. Part of a punk-rock series of observations on the absurdities of daily life. Collage on wood panels, 45 x 45 cm

I Wanna Be Sedated

An alternate narrative where I could move around freely and converse with cities I’ve lived in, visited and loved. Shopping in Prague, travelling via train through Germany, sitting in a café in Paris, being able to spend time in a crowd safely again. From a series of pandemic postcard studies. Collage on panel, 10 x 15 cm

Station To Station

From a series of surrealist-induced pandemic works, using layers of textures, colour and historical images. Collage and acrylic on wood panels, 31 x 41 cm

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