STENCILS

These works are all based on close observation of the shadows that are cast by the body of a figure onto its own body.

These works focus attention on the importance of absence. Just as sound must have silences, so too light needs shadows but for the most part we tend overlook these absences. Focusing on these negative spaces allows us to contemplate the infinite potential of everything else.

These works are a part of my ongoing interest in pleasure, beauty and desire and how they can be best expressed through transience and elusive forms. Shadows are a key motif in vanitas painting along with flowers, skulls, smoke and butterflies. All things must pass, but in our hearts and minds, that what we find beautiful is a possession for all eternity.