BEAUTY AND THE BEAST.

A major inspiration to the current project is the current Channel 4 documentary 'Beauty and the Beast; The Ugly Face of Prejudice', which looks into the lives of people with facial disfigurement.
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/beauty-the-beast-ugly-face-of-prejudice

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FHxRE0UoHI

BILL AND BEN.

Another trial from one of the photos i took earlier of Ben Brooks. This one is much larger and more detailed than the last. Plays well with the theme of ambiguity as well as the the feature of time in my work. Its hard to work out what we are looking at.. one face? two faces? its human but there is something that is so wrong about it.. Thats kind of what i was aiming for!!

YOUR MUM.

A first trial of using the scanned faces as a basis for sketches, this one is of my mother...

JENNY SAVILLE

It appears me and Jenny Saville have a lot in common! Squashing people against glass and making them look distorted and deformed. Perhaps i should try body parts next...?

CLARISSE D'ARCIMOLES

It's been a little while since i have updated my blog as i have been out and about exploring London and such like in order to see what is out there! I have been grabbed by the work of Clarisse d'Arcimoles, her work is currently on show in the Saatchi Gallery on Sloane Square. Her work shows an exciting take on the relationship between old and young and the passing of time, which is also the basis of my work in light of the lyric, 'We have no time to stand and stare...'