Magic Mini Merry Christmas

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Christmas Penguin

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Dinky Auto Union

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Painting Insights

This painting was inspired by an analogy made by Grayson Perry in his Reith lectures (2013), where he likened the journey of young artists to choosing a bus route. No matter what the provocation or temptation to change, he emphasized the importance of sticking with it and staying your course. This is something that deeply resonated with me and all the challenges that I have faced on my path.

Here the Ballerina represents the artist. She is suspended in arabesque, at once supported by and tethered to an elephant on a ‘safety-grip tyres’ bus. She neither flies nor falls, but patiently holds her balance as she continues on her journey.

Facing forward or back, in the right or wrong direction, she moves along, keeping her fingers crossed that the bus knows where it is going!

Painting Insights

Bridging the Gap is a painting about conflict and reconciliation, measuring out the space between, with all its ambiguity.

The idea began as a 'shots at dawn' format, the dinky car racers stepping out their paces with a toy policeman acting as adjudicator to the proceedings.

But as the composition developed I wove in the possibility of a more hopeful outcome. The ‘word dice’, upon which the policeman stands plays with our assumptions; are the characters making ‘up’ or breaking ‘up’ ‘with’ each other?

The Tower Bridge stencil behind is likewise suspended between meanings, is it opening or closing? The policeman is caught in the middle, his head framed by the vice-like gap of the bridge which is either about to crush or release him.