2016 portraits

 "I didn't ask you to kiss me"

 "You were supposed to wait for me"

 "The devils are here"

 "Black Butterfly"

 "I didn't ask for you to silence me"

"Cicada"

 "I didn't ask you to touch me"

 "I didn't ask you to beat me"

 "I didn't ask to have sex with you"

 "Our doubts are traitors"

 "The lunatic, the lover and the poet"

 "When dreams do show me thee"

"I have Immortal longings in me"

A beautiful apocalypse

Is is a desire for the end? Or a longing for dramatic change?
These photographs were taken in a cleared section of pine plantation, so the destruction and decay is real. The dress was a glorious old bridesmaid's dress from the 90's. It helped combine my fascination with history with my love for the science-fiction that I could see so clearly in the landscape around me. So with these works, I invite you to ask yourself, are you happy with where you are, with your life, or are you just waiting for a huge change, an amazing change, to sweep you away. Maybe one day I'll get to be a part of great change.

Modern Mythology- Dreamy fantasy photograph's by artist Eating Strawberries

I love fantasy, always have. So for me it is a thrill to use that subject matter in my art. Elves, nymphs, fairies, priestesses and the like all come to life in spaces where you might not have previously looked to find such creatures.
These images came to life simply because I happened to look in the right direction and see a spot f spectacular autumn light and i thought to myself i could imagine a elf appearing there, so that's what I made happen, and since then I have continued it, to make a modern mythology of Australian Autumn creatures.

"In the end"-some new stuff from artist Eating Strawberries

WOW, I have been away for such a long time! sorry strawberry-peeps.
I have still been art-ing, but i have also been working for the money to make such things, so my time is even more divided.
I have been working on a series called "In the end" which comes from "Gollum's song" for the Two Towers {Lord of the rings} with the line "And in the end I will be what I will be, no loyal friend was ever there for me", and it's about various ways in which woman are viewed in society, from lovers, to murderers, to sweet and loyal, to evil and promiscuous. It is also a series in which I have been taking a step back from my costume work and using the body as subject, both to clearly convey the female form in my work, and to explore the body as object, which is why all my series features my model, Bellatrix Immortal concealing her face.
As I have gotten older, I have found the gender equality gap become wider and more prominent, and I had to start using that in my work. {some of these images have been edited for facebook purposes as they have boobs in them! oh no!}