Period 15

Description

The first image shows a child’s toy truck in the process of either being taken apart or put back together. However, contrary to what we would expect, a peg has been hammered through the frame of the image itself, which dislocates the meaning of the image. I drew inspiration for this from the effects used by trompe l’oeil painters in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.

The second image shows a bowl with smarties and a spoon. However, everything is not as it seems due to the bowl being a vomit bowl used in hospitals and due to the inclusion of a stomach tablet in amongst the smarties.

The third image was made in tribute to a friend of mine who was a wood sculptor and who passed away a few years ago. It shows a blue print of four views of Michelangelo’s David juxtaposed with a block of cherry wood sporting a chisel. A mallet and catapult lie nearby.

Finally, a few petals are scattered across a patch of grass. Contrasting strongly with the green lawn, they seem alien as if they might have been placed there on purpose.

Prices are per size. Prints are printed in-house. They are posted flat, in A3 and A4 envelopes with cardboard stiffeners. A notice, ‘Do Not Bend’ is clearly visible on each envelope. Prints come unmounted and unframed. Narrow border is minimum 15mm, wide border is minimum 40mm. Handwritten signature of artist on each print. The signature will appear within the border area of the print so as to appear when mounted. Prints are sprayed with Gloss/Matt UV spray for increased longevity against light.