This is some work in progress for the upcoming show at Extended Play Gallery. For my next body of work I think I'm going to be channeling the spirits of some of my favourite female characters.
First up is real life pirate Anne Bonny. I'm fixated with Anne Bonny at the moment, ever since I found out she has the same birthday as me. A piscean pirate seems quite fitting. She is one intense character and her story is well worth a read if you have a spare minute.
Then there is Sarah Woodruff from John Fowles' The French Lieutenant's Woman. Probably best for me to give you a link if you want to know more, my head thinks in pictures, not too confident with lengthy fictional analysis. Here is the original, and very good, 1969 Time Magazine review of the book.
There's D H Lawrence's Ursula and Gudrun from The Rainbow and Women in Love. Lawrence seemed to cop a bit of flack about his portrayal of women but I find these two characters fascinating.
Finally there is Antoinette Cosway from Jean Rhys' Wide Sargasso Sea. Rhys wrote this book as a prequel to Jane Eyre, Antoinette is the first Mrs Rochester.
I think what they all have in common is a kind of split nature. There are intense opposing forces happening in each of them... quite inspiring for the basis of a few drawings!
