The Narrative within a singular image holds significance within my work. Working with family/ everyday snaps, I select those which hold something more than the average domestic photograph; images that rest somewhere between the joyful or comical, and the unnerving. Absence and repetition is used to build the idea that something significant lies in the recurrence of simple shapes. A blank spot, a vortex, an intrusion; the missing piece it follows you around; you sense it but can’t quite put your finger on what it is. The pieces are personal yet individual identification with the viewer is important. I work with clinical man made materials, subverting the homely image to one of anxiety and inconclusiveness; using the plastic surface to create a strange unrealistic scene.
Caitlyn Laye
My artwork was initially inspired by the rave scene which is usually an intense environment of music, colour and lights. I decided to recreate the feelings that my experience evoked, with the use of illuminative acrylics and spray paints on canvas. As spray painting...