Head of Leaves

‘Head of Leaves’, 2012 features a portrait-bust form, centrally placed. I intended to hint at both diagrammatic and sculptural languages, as well as aim for this head to communicate its own energy: the sensation of a head, its animation or presence, rather than a record of a particular person. Flecked white on the dark purple head structure gives a sense of something solid, like black marble, while violet and magenta leaf shapes, concealing the face front, lightly touch and precariously project. Multiple shoulder outlines and sequential neck-trunks tentatively mimic an x-ray.

Text courtesy of the artist