2010 Lepidoptera Recordatio

22th – 25th April, Art Melbourne, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne.

Oil on Canvas. 122 x 91.5 cm. Sold.

Oil on Canvas. 122 x 91.5 cm. Sold.

Oil on Canvas. 121.5 X 61 cm. Sold.

Oil on Canvas. 101.5 X 76 cm. Sold.

Oil on Canvas.

Oil on Canvas. 51 x 41 cm. Sold.

Doll, Leather, Gold leaf, Butterflies, Acrylic & Resin. 53 x 23.5 x 23 cm. Sold.

Doll, Paper Mache, Oil Paint & Varnish, 136 x 45 x 49 cm. Sold.

Doll, Paper Mache, Plaster, 1808 Chums Prints & Acrylic, 42 x 40.5 x 21.5 cm. Sold.

Doll, Leather & Acrylic, 69 X 21 x 18 cm. Collection of the Artist.

Doll, Velvet, Leather & Mixed Media. 51.5 cm x 26.5 cm x 7.5 cm. Sold.

Doll, Lace, Found Objects & Mixed Media. 51.5 cm x 26.5 cm x 7.5 cm. Sold.

Doll, Intaglio Print, Moths, Found Objects & Mixed Media. 51.5 cm x 26.5 cm x 7.5 cm. Sold

51.5 cm x 26.5 cm x 7.5 cm, Doll, Plaster, Found Objects & Mixed Media. Sold.

Real Butterfly, Varnish & Indian Ink. Sold

Real Moth & Butterfly, Varnish & Indian Ink. Sold.

Real Moth & Butterfly, Varnish & Indian Ink. Sold.

Lepidoptera Recordatio is an intimate collection of forty new works which channel my yearning to preserve the fragility of memory through the loving act of creation. This collection revels in the human compulsion to analyze and re-analyze the string of memories and emotions which compound to form the essence of life. Steeped in Victorian era sentimentality and overburdened with sugary romanticism these alabaster skinned ancestors, painstakingly preserved butterflies and collections of fetishistic dolls exist to remind the viewer that without memory and reverence for the past we may indeed lose our souls to a soulless age.