The Dainty Dessert
Zoe HawkSOLD
£
3500
Artwork by
Zoe Hawk
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Card:
Framed
SOLD / CONTACT ARTIST
£
3500
Medium:
Oil on Panel, Cradled and wired for hanging
Size:
91cm (W) x 61cm (H)
Framed
SOLD
£
3500
Original artwork medium:
Oil on Panel, Cradled and wired for hanging
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Print Size:
Limited edition:
Certificate of authenticity
Framed
The title "The Dainty Dessert" comes from a midcentury gelatin advertising slogan that evokes feminine gender roles. In the painting, the women above the table maintain composure and decorum (with some thinly veiled emotion coming to the surface in their expressions) against a bright and orderly suburban backdrop, whilst below the table the younger girls—not yet women—are free to engage in a more chaotic scene, indulging in curiosity, sweet treats, and traditionally unladylike behavior.
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Person
Reading Charlotte Bronte's "Jane Eyre" when I was twelve had a profound effect on me and my life as an artist. Bronte's writing from the perspective of Jane— first as a fraught young girl, then as a young woman — and the powerful use of metaphor in her storytelling was deeply influential in how I approach narrative in my work. I believe that my early fascination with the settings, characters, and mood of her book can be evidenced in many of the choices I make in my paintings.
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Place
In 2018 I had the opportunity to attend an artist residency at Cow House Studios in Ireland, and traveled around the country afterwards with my sisters. I was so captivated by the landscapes I encountered, that I've probably made more work based on Ireland than any other singular place I've visited. Anytime you see a mossy forest, a rocky landscape, a stone structure, a cliff, or the ocean in my paintings, it was most likely based on an Irish landscape.
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Object
Perhaps it's not a singular object, but from a young age I've loved vintage clothing. My fascination likely began with some clothes from the 50s and 60s given to me and my sisters by a family friend to play dress-up with, and from looking at photographs of my mother in her youth wearing pretty dresses and her majorette uniforms. I now not only collect vintage clothes to use as a reference for my paintings, but also have a library of clothing catalogues from the 1940s through the 70s to use as inspiration for my characters.
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