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2020


schatzi! oil on floorboard, 17.5 x 24 cm hamster under a ceiling fan meme oil on floorboard, 15 x 19.5 cm goodbye mitsubishi oil on plywood, 15.5 x 20.5 cm my dogs try on halloween costumes 3 oil on plywood, 14.5 x 26 cm abra sofa oil on plywood, 20 x 15 cm



2019


bonne nuit, pierre oil on plywood, 14 x 16 cm A self portrait with Pierre, completed after her death. dead pierre oil on plywood, 13.5 x 14.5 cm When my pet hamster, Pierre, was dying, I took a photo. I photographed, drew, and painted her often throughout her short life, so it felt as though such an event should be no exception. As soon as I put my camera phone down, she was dead, so the image I worked from is the very moment she died. At the time, I was writing my dissertation on the concept of ‘The Rainbow Bridge’, a sort of backdoor into heaven for pets. I wondered, if a heaven exists, would Pierre be ascending, or suspended mid-air, in hamster limbo. penne pierre enamel on plywood, 10.5 x 15.5 cm Pierre steals some penne, sat on a glass table top.