This page features my own past works and that of artists who have inspired my thinking behind future R&D project ‘Queer Grief’.
Queer Grief R&D
Credits:
Left: Felix Gonzalez-Torres, ‘Untitled’ (Portrait of Ross in L.A.) 1991.
Centre: Contrastique, ‘A LifeSize Cyanotype Photogram’, 2013.
Right: Kehinde Wiley, ‘Sleep’, 2008 as featured in ‘Queer bodies’ by Gemma Rolls-Bently, (Frances Lincoln 2024.)
A cyanotype is a type of sun print. Objects are laid on treated surfaces, exposed to UV light and then washed to reveal Prussian blue and white images of what was once on the canvas.
I see the cyanotype as a visual metaphor of queer grief. It is a print of what was once there, proof that the sun touched it and washing it only makes the image stronger.
Below is a selection on my past work featuring acrylic paintings, digital collage and analogue collage.
My work centres queer bodies, history and lived experience.
