In my latest oil painting, "Banana Box," I delve into the impact of consumer society. I explore themes of packaging, waste, and their environmental implications. The artwork depicts a blurred image of the container that temporarily houses delicate, curved yellow fruits into stackable and interchangeable units. Considering the relationship between painting and photography is an integral aspect of this piece. Bananas reoccur in my work, taking on various forms like bronze casts and neon lights. For me, the banana transcends its fruit status and embodies a metaphysical presence. It becomes a potent symbol representing the intricate dynamics of global trade, logistics, markets, power, as well as the interplay of gender and sexuality. I am conscious of art historical connections to other bananas in art by artists such as, Wayne Thiebaud, Georgio de Chirico, Andy Warhol and a more recently the provocative art fair gesture by Maurizio Cattelan.

Banana Box 

Oil and acrylic on canvas

In my latest oil painting, "Banana Box," I delve into the impact of consumer society. I explore themes of packaging, waste, and their environmental implications. The artwork depicts a blurred image of the container that temporarily houses delicate, curved yellow fruits into stackable and interchangeable units. Considering the relationship between painting and photography is an integral aspect of this piece. Bananas reoccur in my work, taking on various forms like bronze casts and neon lights. For me, the banana transcends its fruit status and embodies a metaphysical presence. It becomes a potent symbol representing the intricate dynamics of global trade, logistics, markets, power, as well as the interplay of gender and sexuality.I am conscious of art historical connections to other bananas in art by artists such as, Wayne Thiebaud, Georgio de Chirico, Andy Warhol and a more recently the provocative art fair gesture by Maurizio Cattelan.

Packaging

In my latest oil painting, "Banana Box," I delve into the impact of consumer society. I explore themes of packaging, waste, and their environmental implications. The artwork depicts a blurred image of the container that temporarily houses delicate, curved yellow fruits into stackable and interchangeable units. Considering the relationship between painting and photography is an integral aspect of this piece. Bananas reoccur in my work, taking on various forms like bronze casts and neon lights. For me, the banana transcends its fruit status and embodies a metaphysical presence.

A watercolour of a cardboard box with an open lid.

Open Box

Fourteen framed watercolours on paper

Work on paper

A watercolour of a cardboard box with an open lid.

A watercolour of a cardboard box with an open lid.

Golden Section

Boddingtons

Painted bronze

Trompe L'oeil

Four plywood boxes printed to look like real turkey foil packaging. Pop art and the minimalism of Carl Andre meets the toilet humour of the artists and his camouflage foil. Playing puns with his name and the factory formed manufacturing of the aluminium foil box, he plays Warhol and the street off together.

Turkey Foil 

Silkscreen ink on Plywood

Foil

Silkscreen

Four plywood boxes printed to look like real turkey foil packaging. Pop art and the minimalism of Carl Andre meets the toilet humour of the artists and his camouflage foil. Playing puns with his name and the factory formed manufacturing of the aluminium foil box, he plays Warhol and the street off together.

Forty wooden boxes printed to look like real turkey foil packaging, in a floor formation.

Pop art and the minimalism of Carl Andre meets the toilet humour of the artists and his camouflage foil. Playing puns with his name and the factory formed manufacturing of the aluminium foil box, he plays Warhol and the street off together. Turkey Foil ‘extra wide’ printed again and again on crafted, painted wooden boxes.

Turkey Foil Box XL

Forty wooden boxes printed to look like real turkey foil packaging, in a floor formation. Pop art and the minimalism of Carl Andre meets the toilet humour of the artists and his camouflage foil. Playing puns with his name and the factory formed manufacturing of the aluminium foil box, he plays Warhol and the street off together. Turkey Foil ‘extra wide’ printed again and again on crafted, painted wooden boxes.

A turkey foil box printed 56 times (four rows of fourteen) onto canvas.Pop art and the minimalism of Carl Andre meets the toilet humour of the artists and his camouflage foil. Playing puns with his name and the factory formed manufacturing of the aluminium foil box, he plays Warhol and the street off together.

Turkey Foiled

Silkscreen ink and metallic paint on canvas

A turkey foil box printed 56 times (four rows of fourteen) onto canvas.Pop art and the minimalism of Carl Andre meets the toilet humour of the artists and his camouflage foil. Playing puns with his name and the factory formed manufacturing of the aluminium foil box, he plays Warhol and the street off together.

Five images painted onto the sides of a plywood cube,each depicting a facsimile copy of a brand name of bottled water.

Bo&icirc;te de Source

Painted plywood

Sculpture

Five images painted onto the sides of a plywood cube,each depicting a facsimile copy of a brand name of bottled water.

Boîte de Source

Five images painted onto the sides of a plywood cube, each depicting a facsimile copy of a brand name of bottled water. (Volvic, Hyat, Buxton ,Valecrun &amp; Vittel)

Vittel

Five images painted onto the sides of a plywood cube, each depicting a facsimile copy of a brand name of bottled water. (Volvic, Hyat, Buxton ,Valecrun & Vittel)

A page torn from an Andy Warhol catalogue originally showing Warhol’s ‘Brillo’ boxes, altered by the Artist to look like plain cardboard boxes.

Four unbranded boxes

Acrylic ink on printed paper

Appropriation

Warhol

A page torn from an Andy Warhol catalogue originally showing Warhol’s ‘Brillo’ boxes, altered by the Artist to look like plain cardboard boxes.

A bronze cast of a cardboard box with a partially open top, painted to look real.

Brillo (III)

A bronze cast of a cardboard box with a partially open top, painted to look real.