Offal paintings.

I visited Smithfield meat market in London for research during my 2nd year of my degree. I went there to collect photos of meat hanging so that I could work from them. I wanted to show that offal, and internal organs can be beautiful and that the beauty comes from within.

I did a series of 4, 4ft x 2.5ft paintings, and 1 large, 6ft x 3ft painting. They are both oil on canvas.

Painting 1.

Painting 2.

Painting 3.

Painting 4.

Painting 5.

Sewn Heart, Lungs and Kidneys.

Carrying on with my 2nd year degree work. I made these 3 sewn pieces. 

The heart is cushion sized and made from red velvet. The other two pieces are made from coloured fabric. The lungs I embellised with sequins to represent the shape of the lung.

Knitted dissected animals.

This was a little bit of fun during my project on the internal body. I wanted to look at something other than human organs, so I decided to knit a dissected frog and rat.

They are made from wool and mounted in a wooden frame.

Internal body paintings.

These are two paintings that I did during my 2nd year at univeristy. Carrying on with the internal organs and body theme. 

They are both oil on canvas.

The internal body.

This was my second year of my Fine Art degree at Loughborugh. I was looking at the internal body and our organs. These are mini paintings of organs mounted on to a wooden frame.

Oil on canvas.

Cells.

This was my first year final piece. I was looking at cells of the body. This piece was looking at how a cell grew, and split in two when it was reproducing. 

They are 6ft x 3ft, oil on canvas, with added beads and 3D plaster.

Nature project continued.

Continuing with my nature project during my foundation year, I then went on to make a sculpture using wire and yew tree. I made the main body of the figure using chicken wire, and I then wove pieces of yew tree in to the chicken wire until it was completely covered.