Featured Artist In The French Literary Review Oct 2010
I am the featured artist in The French Literary Review this October, an elegant little journal in the south of France focusing its passion for poetry and prose around France or themes in connection with its history and culture. It is now published and available online or by subscription. Many thanks to editor Barbra Dordi for her interest in my work.
Featured in the Review is a black and white reproduction of Schrödinger's Requiem, a painting in 16 canvases (1x1m square total size) which includes a close up of one canvas titled White Fiat. Also a four part pen and ink drawing series on the French Revolution which you can view in Gallery 2008.
The pen and ink drawings of the Revolution were inspired by a macabre yet fascinating event called the Bals des victimes [link] created by and for the relatives of victims of those guillotined during the reign of terror during the French Revolution (reported first held in 1795). It really made me aware of how any terror or capital 'T'-error can completely warp the social norms we take for granted; including the morality and sense of self. It also, oddly enough, appealed to the part of me that grew up with splinter-punk sub-cultures of the early 80s. You can view all these images larger in the 2008 Gallery from the Main Page.
