At the Table, 2003

oil on linen, 61 x 61cm

Soft Tissue Memory, 2003

oil on linen, 61 x 61cm

The Street, 2003

oil on linen, 61 x 61cm

The Yellow Chair, 2003

oil on linen, 61 x 61cm

Middlemare, 2003

oil on linen, 76 x 56cm

Tinkerbell, 2003

oil on linen, 61 x 61cm

Razorback, 2003

oil on linen, 61 x 61cm

Startled Rabbit, 2003

oil on linen, 61 x 61cm

Hurdles, 2003

oil on linen, 61 x 61cm

Maud, 2003

oil on linen, 61 x 61cm

The Young Girls

► Catalogue Essay by Wendy Walker, August 2003

The Young Girls are a series of eleven paintings. Cumulatively they take the form of a dream state in an exploration of themes of isolation and abandonment, of the subjugation, dislocation and transformation of the mind and body and the significance of spatial relationships. Recurrent ‘states of being’ are formed that reference my own childhood and adolescence.

Middlemare
The young girl waited
She never expected to wait so long
Time was late

It happened that she had one eye open
Life had taken her this far?
Her spirit was rising
Feeling an encounter with the past
Moving on
Bound for
224 White Facial Tissues
Crying for the future
Living with the past

The Harpsichord has a wonderful sound

And the child has yet to be
The great de-stabilizer for her
A realization
A moment of peace
The resignation
It’s the nature of the beast.