Wednesday, 30 April 2014


STATEMENT



This project aimed to explore and create work that is influenced by death, be it in now outdated religious dogmas or personal reflections on how death affects us all and in different ways. Death is not the easiest topic to choose because a lot of different opinions are casted onto it; take the ‘skull’ for example, perhaps the most iconic relic of death. It can be an extreme image to some, downright morbid to others, while others still embrace it as a reminder of our own mortality, to choose life and live better for knowing that life is short so to make the most of it while we’re here.

 

 Mitchell Watson

Distortion

       Distortion (2014)  16 1/2 in. x 10 1/2 in.
vintage photographs, paint, ink, hessian, on canvas

Unmasking Heath

           Unmasking Heath (2014) 12 in. x 9 in. ( photograph 4 in. x 2 1/2 in.)
                     vintage photograph, paint, ink on canvas

Russian dolls

                                       Russian Dolls (2014)
5 in. x 3 in., 4 1/2 in. x 2 1/2 in., 3 in. x 2 in., 2 in. x 1 in., 1 in. x 1/2 in.
                             wooden nesting dolls, paint, ink

The killing moon

                 The Killing Moon (2014)  13 in. x 7 1/2 in.
     Wooden Box, Wood, twigs, paint, light bulb, paper,
                               skull beads, playdoh

Girl exposed

                        Girl Exposed (2014) 12 in. x 9 in.  paint and ink on canvas.

Hollowed out bible

 
                                            Hollowed Out Bible (2014)  5 1/2 in. x 4 in.
                                                 bible, skull beads, paper, ink