Mistletoe In France

Peep show

A4 collage- shredded

With @stevelovettcutbacks

Creation of the Pleroma (after Marsden Hartley)

A4 collage, foil, pencil frottage, digital collage

From early Christian Gnosticism and the Nag Hamaddi library, the Pleroma is the Gnostic spiritual superstructure. It includes divine female spiritual elements, such as Sophia and, particularly, Barbelo, which resonates with me. In some versions of the Creation of the Pleroma, god gazes onto the sea (which serves as a mirror) and his reflection manifests as another, female, being – Barbelo. Out of this gender fluid, narcissistic moment, God’s son materialises and the Holy Trinity is formed. My version is even queerer still, including 50s and 70s male pinups and an image by Marsden Hartley, an under-appreciated gay American painter, who was working at the turn of the last century.

untitled

A4 woven collage, collage and automatic writing

Cherry blossom pool

A4

Ink pen and tippex on laser jet print

A Smile for David

A4 Collage and inkjet overprints

Primitive Accumulation

A4 Collage cutout

sea drops so long (after Laure Pigeon)

A4

Biro on paper

cherry tree

A2

charcoal on paper

french muscleman

Collage, tape and biro on paper 18cm x 20cm

boys kissing

Digital - photoshopped inkjet overprint

2010s