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Dean Moriaty acrylic on canvas 101cm x 101cm SOLD Winner of $10,000 Gainsborough Greens Art Prize
"After Richard Prince" Acrylic on Canvas 2012 SOLD
hoops of fire acrylic on canvas 101cm x 101cm SOLD
Robert Smith as a Pony 150cm x 120cm Acrylic on Canvas $1800 SOLD
SOLD
SOLD
widow of a king people acrylic on canvas 121cm x 90cm SOLD
Night Swimmer 100cm x 100cm SOLD
Bed of Roses acrylic on canvas 91cm x 91cm $1090
Fire Horse 100cm x 100cm $1190
Ghost pony 100cm x 200cm $1090
SOLD
SOLD
SOLD
SOLD
Cindy Lauper acrylic on canvas 101cm x 101cm SOLD
Moody BLues 100cm x 100cm $1090
"DayGlo Pony and the Swarming of Souls" 90cm x 90cm + 90cm x 45cm SOLD
Holden Caufield SOLD
Pox Pony 90cm x 90cm $1090
SOLD
Chief 100cm x 100cm acrylic on canvas SOLD
"hibiscus pony" 90cm x 90cm SOLD
Only someone running 100cm x100cm $1090

Horse Stories

My latest body of work, Horse Stories, (or eight pony's and a cow) is essentially an exploration into the qualities of paint and form. 

With a fairly modernist approach to the paint I was interested in expressing the essence of the subject (the horseyness of the horse) and through the poetic weight of the pose. Much of my source imagery included equestrian crashes and falls as I sought to capture the weight and power of these beasts, lending both a solidity as well and an ephemeral presence. The horse itself has always been heavily laden symbol throughout human history and coupled with every little girls love of the pony, I found it a useful form on which to anchor and infect my ideas.

Drawing on a post-modernist art education, I could not help but be entertained by the narrative that began to emerge as the body of work progressed. The title of each pony, or pose, is drawn from a literary, cinematic or musical influence, expanding the meaning so that the one gesture expresses something essential in that character or moment that resides in another text.

Chief hails from One flew over a Cuckoos Nest, Rosencranz from the play by Tom Stoppard, Widow of a King People references the fall of Rome or dominant empires, eight pony's and a cow tags the Peter Greenaway's film of a similar title, the topic of Crash draws on the theories explored by JG Ballard ... and Cindy Lauper... well it always comes back to Cindy.
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  • Paintings
    • Paintings 1
    • Paintings 2
    • paintings 3
    • paintings 3
    • Awards
  • About
    • Bio
    • Contact
    • Essays
    • Press
  • Workshops and Classes
    • Drawing the Human Head
    • Painting the Human Head
    • Exploring the Floral Motif Workshop
    • Foundation Course
    • Free Online Lesson
    • Private lessons
  • Available works