Ariadne’s Internal Thread
The initial mark-making was made in collaboration with Lisa Elde. Constructing a ‘body envelope’ out…
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Bodyrinth
Bodyrinth is a contemporary, abstract folding triptych. A three-panelled artwork designed to be opened and closed,…
Dancers of the Apocalypse
Initially inspired by the Horsemen of the Apocalypse, a close friend of mine and devotee…
Synapse-scape
“The human brain comprises approximately 86 billion neurons that “talk” to each other using a…
Plasm
Reading Antonin Artaud’s To have done with the judgement of God… For you can tie…
Body Spolia
The starting point for these works is the idea that we are all made from…
Crossing the Line
This is a series of paintings which somewhat playfully explore fluidity of gender, ethnicity and…
Head [Beyond the Face]
The HEAD [Beyond the Face] paintings were made as a result of research into men’s…
Sleeves Studies
Painted concurrently to the Self-portrait as series, the Sleeve Studies draws on details from several…
Iqbal
This work was created to challenge the canonical figure of the ‘Society Lady’, often painted…
Self-portrait as …
Borrowing an idea from Adrian Ghenie, the “Self-portrait as…” series is an attempt to get…
Avatar Incubator
I have always felt that currently avatars are such hollow shell-like entities. One day perhaps…
Ready
From material generated in a workshop with Richard Brighton-Knight prior to the first lockdown, somehow…
Buoy
From oil paintings to digital. My research into the story of the Raft of Medusa…
Lifeline
From a cold and dull day on the shore line of the Thames at low…
Sectioned
Slicing up the Unholy Trinity. Part of the project “I am made from other people”.
Oil Sketches
Self-isolating in the studio. Some make sense, some don’t. Social media echo chamber. Give me…
Klein Bodies, part 4
Taking some of the sketches in Klein Bodies, part 1, to explore how Decalcomania can add…
Iqbal as Defiant
I am fascinated by the human body, the person within and the skin which mediates…
Heart and Nerve and Sinew
This oil painting is a portrait of the internal focus and intense concentration needed to…
RAW
The carcass of an animal can evoke a strong reaction by the viewer. The suspended…
Oliver
Over the past few years I have explored a range of drawing techniques and media…
Solution
The Solution series of paintings and drawings consider the immersed body and ponder the outcomes…
Jar of Liver
The exhibition of BrOther (see News) is about the relationships/connections between men and others; how…
Klein Bodies, part 2
The Klein Bottle was first described in 1882 by the German mathematician Felix Klein. It is a…
Fugita
Fugita (120cm x 150cm) is the first work to be exhibited from the creative collaboration between…
Mapping the body
Mapping the body is one of the recurring quests in my work. Often it involves…
Rooster, the drawings
Produced in parallel with the film Rooster. So often sex results in a petit-mort, but on…
Now, where am I?
Scholars reckon that Albrecht Dürer made this drawing in black and white ink on dark…
Now, who am I?
The following is extracted from “About” – I use the term Theatre of Selfs because my…
Floor Skin
Floor Skin, is part record, part repository of evidence of a performative exploration, continuing the…
Shed
Part of the wider Human Pupa project.