Storm in a teacup
Oil on wood panel, drilled and decoratively burned, stitched with steel wire and gilded with real gold.Employing traditional painting techniques instructed by artist Christian Rex van Minnen.
Storm in a teacup
Oil on worked wooden panel, steel wire, real gold leaf. Hangs on the wall as is.
33x18cm//13"x7"
Artist Jacques Nimki and I have been talking about the stories held inside treasured ceramics. The real histories that have unfolded around these objects, and how we can research these stories to then create new paintings - sourced directly from the teacup.
This little painting draws on a family teacup that I know was owned by my family when my great-great-grandfather died. He died accidentally, with my great-grandfather (his son) driving an early automobile.
Pulling on that terrible drama of accidental loss/guilt/grief through the veil...sourced from the photographs, from memory, and from this special teacup that I know was in the home 'witnessing' turmoil.
See photos of this very pretty art deco bone china cup, a tiny inclusion in a tiny painting. This was made by Aynsley in Staffordshire. Bone china is partly made by charred and ground bones, they just seem to get better and better to me.
13’’ x 7 ‘’ 33cm x 18cm
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