Red Hat
Figure in a red propellor hat – charcoal drawing on paper from 1995.
Figure wearing a red hat backwards – charcoal drawing on paper from 1995.
This is a self portrait produced in 1991 with all the stuff of life around me and that questioning look that can be read as intense thinking or may just be concentrating on painting.
Knee Lip is a preliminary drawing that was later used in a painting of the same name.
Oil painting on canvas of gum leaves. Private collection.
Like dreams, paintings are all about yourself, everything is a self portrait. In this one I am at once Benedicta and Piggyman, perhaps we all are, depends if it’s a good day or not. Don’t feel sorry for Piggyman though, he’s a dirty little bastard that Benedicta likes to keep around ’cause he’s got a few tricks that keep her amused.
Saint George, later in life, meets another dragon and things don’t go as well as they did last time.