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Blue Woman
oil on aluminium
1200 x 1200mm
framed
For availability please email sherri@coreyhelfordgallery.com
Limited Edition signed prints are also available. Please email sarah@coreyhelfordgallery.com
Blue and Blush
oil on canvas
300 x 300mm 12 x 12"
framed
For availability please email Sherri@coreyhelfordgallery.com
Phantom 2016
Abstracted Love Series
oil on board
900 x 700mm
Available for purchase from Modern Eden Gallery
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Poem 'Phantom' by Carsten Grimm
For a long time I used to roll myself into shirtsleeves
Projecting industry while deflecting from my tattered cuffs
For a long time.
Now I'll adjust my collar and buttons and think I'm just so
But under a particular light
Cast by surprise out in the World,
I'll catch a shadow again
Will anyone see, will anyone notice, who can tell
How to get the last of this history out.
False Trade 2016
Abstracted Love Series
oil on board
900 x 700mm
Available for purchase from Modern Eden Gallery
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She stands exposed but eyes demurely downwards as she understands the power in her sexuality. It is almost a commodity of trade- a way to be seen or loved or used. In these early years of her youth she is radiant but behind her back lies a symbol of mortality- a reality that we all share. Soon her body will be unusable as a persuasion and she will have to find her position in the world as the true presence she is, beyond her appearance.
The Insatiable 2016
Abstracted Love Series
oil and silver leaf on board
900 x 700mm
Available for purchase from Modern Eden Gallery
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'The Insatiable' poem by Carsten Grimm
(inspired by the painting)
Days haze into crooked nights
Bartenders and brothers
And all it does is stoke the ache louder and louder
You are with her then him and I am adamantly just with me
But passing brushes-by trickle heat up my neck
Looks slightly too long threaten to flush out undiscussables
At each cornered drink late at closing I seek an escape
From just hoping.
Unbound (Oliver's Story)
900 x 700mm
oil and silver leaf on board
Available for purchase from Modern Eden Gallery
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Poem 'Unbound' by Carsten Grimm
The wind was from the south
Hidden layers kept out the false coldness, collars were up and I wore everything too tight
There is only rumpled reminders of that winter
Your warm hands can’t remember or are too timid to be honest
And I want to move to the north further still
Like you, like your latitude
But you keep staring at the chill running through last season
A note from the artist:
There are many hidden aspects to this painting
that give quiet clues to Oliver's Story.
There is an equal balance of pink and blue, which hint at a transitioning sexuality.
The chaos of abstraction in this work, almost violent in movement, relates to the surgical change, which I think of as being violent in nature.
There is a definite sweep of paint showing a remaining curve to his waist, the other side in contrast is less distinct as his body transforms towards the masculine.
The figure behind is comforting and intentionally painted to be more feminine and motherly. He offers a gentle embrace but there is a complexity to this relationship as he loves her, but she has become he.
The lashings of black paint across his face represents the permanency of his decision to move from female to male.
This is my most challenging piece for you to access and this is intentional. It is respectful of a heroic change- a coming home for Oliver.
Contact Spoke to enquire about availability.
On show from 1 September as part of Suggestivism at Spoke Gallery.
See Facebook event here.
'Sweet Rumours'
oil on canvas
20 x 16"
Sales enquiries to Spoke Gallery
oil on board
200x100mm
Available for purchase. Please enquire through contacts page.
oil on board
100 x 100mm
SOLD
oil on board
100x100mm
SOLD
Darkness Creeps 2016
oil on board
200x200mm plus frame
For availability please contact AlexiEra Gallery
Darkness Creeps 2016
