ARTWORKS
Oliver Cromwell: Basic Wind and Hairnet
2020
Graphite and coloured pencil on paper
78 x 35 cm
This drawing references a marble portrait by Joseph Wilton, completed in 1762, which is part of the Victoria and Albert Museum collection.
Edmund Burke: Tight Roundy Brush Blow Dry (with butterfly clips)
2022
Graphite, coloured pencil, and pastel on paper
57 x 48 cm
This drawing references the portrait, Edmund Burke (1774) by Sir Joshua Reynolds, which is housed in the National Galleries of Scotland collection.
Léonard-Alexis Autié, Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette
2020
Graphite and coloured pencil on paper
70 x 100 cm
This drawing depicts a pair of porcelain busts of Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette, King and Queen of France; Louis XVI modelled by Louis-Simon Boizot, Sèvres Porcelain Factory, France (ca. 1788). The bust is part of the Victoria and Albert Museum collection.
An Ode to Léonard-Alexis Autié
2021
Graphite and coloured pencil on paper
77 x 57 cm
This drawing references an etching, titled Marie Antoinette (1977) by Jean-Baptiste-Andre Gautier d’Agoty, in which the queen wears the revolutionary hairstyle created by Autié called the ‘Coiffure Pyramidale’. The etching is part of the Art Institute of Chicago collection.
Domitian: Pin Curls, Basic Wind and Hairnet
2020
Graphite and coloured pencil on paper
78 x 57 cm
This drawing depicts a Parian marble portrait bust of Emperor Domitian (ca. 90 AD) housed in the Toledo Museum of Art collection.
Venus: Tinfoil Highlights
2021
Coloured pencil on paper
78 x 35 cm
This drawing references Sandro Botticelli’s painting, Venus (1495-96), which is part of the Musei Reali Torino collection.
Judith: Basic and Piggyback Wind
2022
Graphite, coloured pencil, and pastel on paper
65 x 44 cm
This drawing references Simon Vouet’s painting, Judith with the Head of Holofernes (1620-22) held in the collection of Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna.
Hecate: Brick and Basic Wind
2020
Graphite and coloured pencil on paper
79 x 58 cm
Hades: Basic Wind
2020
Graphite and coloured pencil on paper
58 x 39 cm
This drawing references a terracotta sculpture depicting the head of Hades (ca. 350 BC) which is part of the collection at the Museo Archeologico in Aidone, Sicily.
Berenice: Directional Wind
2020
Graphite and coloured pencil on paper
50 x 35 cm
Merit: Piggyback and Spiral Wind
2020
Graphite and coloured pencil on paper
57 x 37 cm
This drawing is based on the death mask of Merit, wife of Kha, housed in the collection of Museo Egizio in Turin.
Hermes: Basic Wind
2020
Graphite on paper
50 x 35 cm
This drawing references one of the many ancient Greek sculptures of Olympian deity, Hermes.
William Strahan: Set and Style
2022
Coloured pencil on paper
51 x 36 cm
The drawing references a portrait by an unknown artist, titled A Man Called William Strahan (ca. 1765), which is held in the collection of the Yale Centre for British Art in Connecticut.
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Albrecht Dürer: Spiral Wind
2021
Coloured pencil on paper
57 x 37 cm
This drawing references Albrecht Dürer’s Self-Portrait with Fur-Trimmed Robe (1500), part of the collection of Neue Pinakothek in Munich.
Three Wans: Sets and Up Styles
2021
Graphite and coloured pencil on paper
57 x 33 cm
This drawing references Portrait of the three daughters of Julius Johann von Vieth und Golssenau (1773) by Anton Graff, which is part of the collection of the Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe in Germany.
Marie Antoinette: Basic Piggyback Wind
2021
Coloured pencil on paper
56.5 x 39 cm
This drawing is inspired by an original portrait of Marie Antoinette, painted by Jean-Baptiste Charpentier le Vieux in 1770, and now housed in the Chateau de Versailles in France.
Sphinx: Spiral Wind
2020
Graphite and coloured pencil on paper
39 x 58 cm
The Great Sphinx sits amongst the Pharaohs’ pyramids in Giza outside Cairo and is more than 4500 years old. The Sphinx is said to have been built by King Khafre and represents the pharaoh as a powerful lion.
Nubian Noble: Spiral Wind
2022
Graphite, coloured pencil, and pastel on paper
65 x 44 cm
The inspiration for this drawing is a marble bust, titled Head of a Man with Tight Curly Hair, which dates from the 2nd century BC and is part of the Brooklyn Museum collection.
Alexander the Great: Roundy Brush Blowdry
2021
Graphite on paper
57 x 37 cm
A portrait bust from the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool inspires this drawing. Their website states: “This sculpture was inspired by an antique bust of Alexander the Great in the Capitoline Museum in Rome. It was made by Carlo Albacini, one of Rome’s leading sculptors in the 18th century.”
Romans in Rollers
2020
Graphite on paper
39 x 58 cm
This drawing responds to the manifesto drafted in Paris during the 1760s by hairdressers seeking recognition for their contribution to fine art portraiture. Their creative vision has not yet received its due attention; however, this body of new work aims to change that.
Sage: Set and Style
2022
Hand finished 3D printed drawing
Queen: Set and Style
2022
Hand finished 3D printed drawing
Noble: Set and Style
2022
Hand finished 3D printed drawing
Emperor: Set and Style
2022
Hand finished 3D printed drawing
Story
2022
Sound Installation
Story is a sound installation that narrates the experiences of the hair and beauty industry—creating an insightful understanding of the profession from a hairstylist's perspective.
