About the work

Acrylic and pencil on paper framed in a vintage frame. Framed dimensions: 62cm x 62cm x 2cm

A painting about the outside versus the inside, the image of ourselves that we project and the versions of ourselves that remain hidden.

When it comes to the pain and suffering of others, we can complain, tweet and share megabytes of information ad infinitum, but when a hand in need is extended to us, do we take it, make an excuse or push it away with a wave of the hand?

On the outside, we take on the shape of a lion, but up close, it's just a cold, hollow facsimile, a plaster cast of bravery.

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