The metamorphosen, or imaginary portraits 2018 oil on canvas 40x30cm


The Metamorphosen series, part 32 - oil on canvas - 40x30cm - 2018

The Metamorphosen series, part 31 - oil on canvas - 40x30cm - 2018

The Metamorphosen series, part 30 - oil on canvas - 40x30cm - 2018


The Metamorphosen series, part 29 - oil on canvas - 40x30cm - 2018


The Metamorphosen series, part 28 - oil on canvas - 40x30cm - 2018
The Metamorphosen series, part 27 - oil on canvas - 40x30cm - 2018

The Metamorphosen series, part 26 - oil on canvas - 40x30cm - 2018


The Metamorphosen series, part 25 - oil on canvas - 40x30cm - 2018


The Metamorphosen series, part 24 - oil on canvas - 40x30cm - 2018


The Metamorphosen series, part 23 - oil on canvas - 40x30cm - 2018

The Metamorphosen series, part 22 - oil on canvas - 40x30cm - 2018

The Metamorphosen series, part 21 - oil on canvas - 40x30cm - 2018

The Metamorphosen series, part 17 - oil on canvas - 40x30cm - 2018

The Metamorphosen series, part 14 - oil on canvas - 40x30cm - 2018

The Metamorphosen series, part 12 - oil on canvas - 40x30cm - 2018

The Metamorphosen series, part 10 - oil on canvas - 40x30cm - 2018
The Metamorphosen series, part 8 - oil on canvas - 40x30cm - 2018
 


The Metamorphosen series, part 6 - oil on canvas - 40x30cm - 2018

The Metamorphosen series, part 5- oil on canvas - 40x30cm - 2018

The Metamorphosen series, part 24 - oil on canvas - 40x30cm - 2018

The Metamorphosen series, part 3 - oil on canvas - 40x30cm - 2018

The Metamorphosen series, part 2 - oil on canvas - 40x30cm - 2018

The Metamorphosen series, part 1 - oil on canvas - 40x30cm - 2018

The Metamorphosen series, part 20 - oil on canvas - 40x30cm - 2018

The Metamorphosen series, part 16 - oil on canvas - 40x30cm - 2018

The Metamorphosen series, part 19 - oil on canvas - 40x30cm - 2018

The Metamorphosen series, part 18 - oil on canvas - 40x30cm - 2018

The Metamorphosen series, part 15 - oil on canvas - 40x30cm - 2018

The Metamorphosen series, part 14 - oil on canvas - 40x30cm - 2018

The Metamorphosen series, part 7 - oil on canvas - 40x30cm - 2018

The Metamorphosen series, part 9 - oil on canvas - 40x30cm - 2018

The Metamorphosen series, part 13 - oil on canvas - 40x30cm - 2018

The Metamorphosen series, part 11 - oil on canvas - 40x30cm - 2018


‘The metamorphosen’ is a series of paintings based on the stories by Ovid, the Roman writer who describes how people are saved from their persecutor by being changed into a tree, or a cow, or a bird. As these stories are often punishing the victim rather than saving them, I used the theme in my paintings to change the characters into women again. The labels to go with these paintings indicate their past. She is a collective memory of the girl weighing apples in the supermarket or the woman waiting in the doorway for the rain to stop, or any of all the other inspiring women I see.