2010 Lepidoptera Recordatio

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

Forget Me Not

Oil on Canvas. 122 x 91.5 cm. Sold.

Time Piece

Oil on Canvas. 122 x 91.5 cm. Sold.

Sisters

Oil on Canvas. 121.5 X 61 cm. Sold.

A Truth Universally Acknowledged

Oil on Canvas. 101.5 X 76 cm. Misappropriated.

Best in Breed

Oil on Canvas. Misappropriated.

Home is Where the Heart Remains

Transition

Oil on Canvas. 51 x 41 cm. Sold.

Golden Birdwing

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

Gaia

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

A Tomboys Own Adventure

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

Midnight Pageant

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

Empress Moth

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

Anatomy of the Mind

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

Swallowtail to Shelly Snail

Real Butterfly, Varnish & Indian Ink. Sold

Magician Moth

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

Bellini Moth

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.