In the ‘Community’ series, humans/figures are dwarfed by an enlarged landscape . The tables have been turned as nature is again the dominating force where the figures are presented as intrepid explorers, defensive crowds or ant like energies evading capture or destruction.
In the ‘Monkey’ series, each portrait depicts a monkey/ape /chimpanzee, recognizable but altered in some way . In the monkey painting ‘ Trees’, a forest is growing out of its face, it is becoming part of the landscape, disappearing into the fabric of the earth. In ‘City’ skyscrapers and towers rise out of the face, it is becoming part of man’s plan, its architecture and in ‘Lace’ monkey, it’s almost disappearing behind a pattern of vegetation, hiding from viewers or potential threats. In the ‘human’ monkey series , each one has been given a human name. It is presented in a formal portrait pose each face full of human like expression. They are realistically depicted but have added unexpected physical elements, lumps, bumps , feathers, long ears etc . All of these are an imaginative exploration of how man’s intervention could affect such a wondrous, complex and ancient animal.