The Silence series
Sewn Artificial Leather Paintings
At first glance the SILENCE series deals with our longing to create our personal paradise in a highly individualised society. A society that urges us to make our properties private and inaccessible for ‘the other’. Hence the abundance of fences and conifer hedges.
On a deeper level it represents the universal desire for security, safety and control on the one hand, and adventure, possibilities, discovery, hope, mind-expansion on the other.
I search to create a space that both mirrors and transcends these conflicting psychological needs. A paradoxical space that merges vastness with enclosure, loss with hope, safety with the unknown… digitalisation with craft…clarity with mystery… day with night… illusion with disillusion. A space that both comforts and challenges the viewer.
Use arrows < > to scroll through pictures below | Photo credits: Peter Cox
The Silence no.11 • 2023 • Artificial Leather Painting • Layered Artificial Leather, Acrylic • 120 x 240 cm
The Silence no.10 • 2022 • Artificial Leather Painting • Layered Artificial Leather, Acrylic • 200 x 300 cm
The Weeping • 2023 • Artificial Leather Painting • Layered Artificial Leather, Acrylic • 120 x 155 cm
The Silence no.9 • 2022 • Artificial Leather Painting • Layered Artificial Leather, Acrylic • 100 x 120 cm
The Silence no.8 • 2022 • Artificial Leather Painting • Layered Artificial Leather, Acrylic • 100 x 120 cm
The Silence no.7 • 2022 • Artificial Leather Painting • Layered Artificial Leather, Acrylic • 100 x 120 cm
The Silence no.6 • 2022 • Artificial Leather Painting • Layered Artificial Leather, Acrylic • 60 x 80 cm
The Silence no.5 • 2021 • Sewn Painting • Artificial Leather, Acrylic • 80 x 122 cm
The Silence no.4 • 2021 • Sewn Painting • Artificial Leather, Acrylic • Triptych 122 x 240 cm (sold)
The Silence no.4 • Detail 1
The Silence no.4 • Detail 2
The Silence no.4 • Detail 3
The Promise II • 2020 • Sewn Painting • Artificial Leather, Acrylic • 41 x 61 cm
The Promise • 2019 • Sewn Painting • Artificial Leather, Acrylic • 50 x 40 cm
The Silence no.3 • 2020 • Sewn Painting • Artificial Leather, Acrylic • 51 x 61 cm
The Silence no.1 • 2019 • Sewn Painting • Artificial Leather, Acrylic • 40 x 50 cm (sold)
The Silence no.2 • 2020 • Sewn Painting • Artificial Leather, Acrylic • 57 x 70 cm (sold)
The Pool • 2010 • Sewn Painting • Artificial Leather, Acrylic • 42 x 42 cm (sold)