June Glasson

Katie with Frying Pan II

2023

Piggott finds resonance and beauty in the familiar. His subjects, anchored in the stuff of the every day, are quietly captured in a moment of time. Each composition speaks to the art...

My work deals with the complex experience of girlhood, exploring adolescent anxiety, feminine identity, and belonging. These themes are tackled within scenes of play, group interacti...

My work deals with the complex experience of girlhood, exploring adolescent anxiety, feminine identity, and belonging. These themes are tackled within scenes of play, group interacti...

My work deals with the complex experience of girlhood, exploring adolescent anxiety, feminine identity, and belonging. These themes are tackled within scenes of play, group interacti...

Original painting by Angela Smith showing back of girl's head. A portrayal of young girl with brown hair tied back by pink flowers.  Surrounded by a vibr...

The medium of choice for Do Byung-Kyu, born in Cheonan, Korea, is dolls: they are both his conceptions and his physical expression. At the same time dolls are also the perfect tool for communicating the artist’s inner self. Expressing himself by means of dolls liberates Do from the restrictions of the mundane world. By embodying in the form of dolls his actions and thoughts, dreams and desires, and even the instincts lying in the depths of the subconscious, he transcends the secular boundaries. Dolls are his alter ego, his other self that he can construct precisely the way he wants. Sublimating the experiences and memories from his youth into various subjects of desire, Do uses dolls to paint a descriptive picture of the ambiguous feelings of contradictions from his childhood when he would abuse and kill a plaything, for example a frog, then bury the body in solemn mourning over its death. These sexual or violent games from his childhood are not likely to be limited to Do’s experiences alone. Most of us can vaguely remember indulging in sadistic acts of sexual love against a doll. Rising above a child’s simple curiosity, it is an intuitive game of the senses we play by ourselves. In a number of Do’s paintings, sticky liquid can be observed dripping down a doll’s face. This brings back recollections of the life inside our mothers’ womb where we were also enveloped by mucous waters, like the amniotic fluid. It refuses contact with the anything, and nothing wants to touch it either. The shape of such a mucous liquid is a protective layer sheltering the intrinsic identity and desires of man. It is also a substitution that satisfies the ego’s instincts otherwise suppressed by social norms. The dolls’ eyes...

2 original paintings by Angela Smith. Slightly different sizes, both sold framed - Tuesday's Girl (Sakura): Complete size of framed work: 53 H x 53 W x 3.5 D cm (20.87 x 20.87 x 1.38 in) Single Hummingbird, Framed size: 45.5 H x 45.5 W x 2.5 D cm (17.91 x 17.91 x 0.98 in) TUESDAY'S GIRL (SAKURA): Original painting by Angela Smith showing back of girl's head. A portrayal of young girl with brown hair tied back by pink flowers.  Surrounded by a vibrant damask pink...

'Shero' is a bright and brilliant painting with commentary on modern daily life. The artist uses her own image for this "Icon" painting that reflects feminism today (as well as histo...