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| The birth of my son has been the main influence on my life and has therefore
inspired my art practice. The fundamental core of my work stems from the
maternal thoughts and feelings that I experienced during my pregnancy
through to my daily experiences of parenting. My recent work focuses on
‘motherhood’ and approaches the complexities of the mother-child
relationship.
The concerns and conflicts linked to motherhood are the ideas that underpin my painting entitled ‘Overprotect’ and related emotions such as love and fear are themes investigated within this work. My intention with this painting was to produce a piece of artwork that questions the issues that surround the protection and overprotection of children. These questions, together with influences from other artists such as Mary Kelly, Chuck Close and Barbara Kruger resulted in this large-scale work. The final painting evolved from a photograph of my son, which was edited
using computer software and layered with bold text. Emulsion was applied
to the background areas of the canvases and acrylic paint used for the
detail. The black and white paint was applied to the three canvases
using a range of techniques. One of which was the airbrush technique,
inspired by the process used by Chuck Close to produce his series of
huge black and white photorealist portrait paintings. |
