Harlequin

I recently finished this piece. It has a vintage circus theme and was partly inspired by the harlequins depicted in Picasso's 'Rose Period'. I love the romance and exquisite contrasting colours of these paintings.

I largely work from photographs using someone I know as a model. I really enjoy getting lost in the process of making the photographs, and feel it is very much a playful, collaboration with the model. The hat was an impromptu creation, made by stapling miniature playing cards to some rolled up card.