Sweeties – 2019
- Pineapple Princess #1, 50 x 45cm SOLD
- Pineapple Princess #2, 40 x 35cm SOLD
- Sweeties #1, 43 x 30cm SOLD
- Sweeties #2, 43 x 30cm SOLD
- Sweeties #3, 30 x 43cm SOLD
- Sweeties #4, 40 x 70cm
Postcards and souvenirs depict Australia as a land of sunshine and plenty, where big fruit and manicured wilderness often loom large. Cavorting in these scenes are pale holidaymakers who are just a few minutes away from turning bright red. Sweeties plays with these blissful images, creating a world where the natural and the artificial become interchangeable. The reds and browns of the landscape now glimmer with candied, neon colours. Sweetness is cut through with a hint of spikiness.
All works are oil and graphite on birch panel.