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"One Last Bite"
The “Just One Bite…†project is a series of six acrylic on canvas paintings; all measuring to the size of 76 x 101cm.
Creating a polar opposite to the “Another Kind Of Love†series, “Just One Bite…†is a far darker experience, and although demonstrating a relationship it also provides the ground for more sinister ideas such as temptation and fear. With direct connotations born from the original Snow White tale the paintings create a focus on the famous ‘poisoned apple’ and force the viewer to confront the beauty in bad decisions. Despite the priority being horror/terror, the artworks still successfully draw on something beautiful. The darkness of each work compliments the primary use of red, symbolising a range of strong emotions and impulses and contains associations with sensuality. The apple itself has religious connotations of the forbidden fruit.
The paintings are far detached from a typical fairy tale as they do not knowingly suggest a ‘happily ever after’. They creat
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for sale: $484
part of Paintings & Drawings
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76x101cm
10kg
acrylic
year 2012
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