VIGIL
art performance – of the most super realism kind – almost medieval.
Beatrice – her grief!
film 59 sec
Beatrice went right through the screen, in to my studio. I was incredibly touched by her figure, her grief and her concentrated determination not to break down. To stand there and really just mourn her grandmother, while the church is filled with people mourning the passing of an era as.
Vulnerable and skinless – she held herself together, under an odd mourning garment. Maybe the garments served as protection – maybe most people didn’t see what I saw.
mixed technique of charcoal sketches that were later digitally assembled – it can become a work for print.
I did portray the death and the burial of Queen Elizabeth an era
through Beatrice.
I kind of got “struck” by her – her grief went right through the window into my studio!
It touched me deeply that they were standing there for public viewing, with their claws – watched by prying eyes – but especially Beatrice. It was heartbreaking and in the same time pure and beautiful!
