Pattern Shift

In my series Pattern Shift, I use the female body as the vehicle to explore the human condition. On these predominantly acrylic works on rag paper, I introduced areas of collaged dressmakers’ patterns to form some of the bodies. Symbolically, the dressmakers’ patterns represent the lives we fall into, patterns that measure and define us with clear cutting lines. The delicate pattern tissue is in itself is a reminder of the fragility of human beings and the frailty of desires.