Embroidery, metal leaf and oil

This series of works explores identity through abstraction. The process of producing the works gave me time to reflect on my heritage and the privileged I gained through it.
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    Summer Stitches
    Oil and thread on gold leaf on canvas
    120x140cm

 

Suitcase full of sparks

Oil and metallic thread on metal leafing on canvas

160x140cm

 

 

 

    Excavation of the Soul
    Oil and thread on gold leaf on canvas
    250cm x 110cm

 

 Detail from Excavation of the Soul 

 

Hymn for the Children

Oil and thread on gold leaf on canvas

140x180cm

Detail from Hymn for the children

                                                     Detail from Hymn for the children

 

Queen Sheba's skirt

Oil and metallic thread on silver leaf on canvas

160c140cm

 

Detail from Persephone

 

Lest we Forget to Love

Oil and Metallic thread on canvas

160cm x 140cm

 

 Detail from "lest we forget to Love"

 

Behind the light

Oil and thread on silver leaf on canvas

250cm x 100cm

 

Detail from "Behind the light"

 

Ballroom of Perdition

Oil, thread and gold leaf on canvas

150cm x 180cm

 

 Detail from "Ballroom of Perdition" 

 

Persephone

Oil and thread on silver leaf on canvas

150cm x 180cm

 

Detail "Persephone"

The Mechanisms of my past

Oil and metallic thread on metal leaf on canvas

250cm x 100cm

Detail "Mechanisms of my past"