Restorator, 18x24” (Framed)

This painting was created for Blockfort’s annual group show, “Restoration”. 

Excerpt from the gallery; 

“With the world on fire in many ways, the artists are asked the question "What do we do to repair or rebuild what has been diminished or broken and how do we make things better? The question can be answered from in a range of ways depending on the artists' sentiment, from micro to macro. Each artist will create work in their own style.”

I tend to be quite on the nose when faced with bending to a narrative, especially when painted in a looser style not driven by my recognizable character…. But perhaps that in itself is how I plan to restore myself as a person - feeling free again to explore as if I’ve been waiting for permission. The figure is accompanied by a familiar motif in my work, the rose, being physically restored. Plants and other flora have always represented the idea of my creativity and the growth of ourselves as people. 

Framed in oak and poplar stained dark brown.

18x24”

Acrylic & Oil Pastel