Tales of Turbulence and Tulips

The work contains a physical dimension, in its size, representing a tidal wave of torn magazine imagery - a ‘media storm’. The 'wave', as a symbol for an uncertain future, is already threatening to reshape our known world as we question our support systems and manmade structures. Fragments of magazines are cut, ripped, pasted and décollaged in a frantic and expressive manner, blurring boundaries between mediums (painting and collage) and the photographic image. It is not easy to identify or grasp the familiar. From afar, the work could resemble an oil painting. Finished just weeks before Coronavirus found its place within our world, changing our perception of time, Tales of Turbulence and Tulips explores, through a personal gaze, the dichotomy between the individual and the collective in times of anxiety and uncertainty.