Project Description
Milburn Art Prize, is the Brisbane Institute of Art’s (BIA) Annual Prize
Gallery hours: 10am to 4pm Weekdays
41 Grafton St, WINDSOR, Qld
29 April to 13 May, 2016
ALSO selected for, Who is Looking at You, Cambridge Studio Gallery’s annual Portrait Prize February 2016
52 Cambridge Street, Collingwood, Victoria, Australia
Skin Deep – Self Portrait
Mixed Media Hemp Canvas and Silk Thread, 64 x 64cm
Stinging Nettles are used to make the pigment for this portrait, their sting is only skin deep. However, the plant itself has many beneficial qualities both to humans and the soil. The cancer I had removed left a lot of stitches, some people found this quite confronting, and it made them feel uncomfortable. Our society tends to shun imperfections, the resulting scar I see as a celebration of the passing of time, that I am healed and it was only skin deep, the scar is part of my story.
