The Curious Chatoyant Cat

This work is an ornate, constructed metamorphosis consisting of social hierarchies which is reminiscent of the gaps between necessity and desire, practicality and fiction. The work deploys the use of encaustic and one-point perspective as collapsing the past and present to use allegory as a form of live-action or real-time role-play between the felines and humans.

The work deploys private symbols as a way to frame and transform reality.

As temporal derivatives become distorted through diligent and critical practice, the viewer is left with a testament to the inaccuracies of our era.

My seven year old son was fascinated by a curious cat near our swimming pool and this inspired me to paint a colourful rendition of the cat The eyes of the cat were quite chatoyant and reminded us of a gem.