Death Angels 2014
Oils and charcoal on canvas
160x110 cm
AGM-84E 2014
Oils on canvas
130x60.5 cm
ASM 2014
Oils on canvas
80x117 cm
B.II 2014
Oils on canvas
80x117 cm
ASW 2014
Oils on canvas
122.5x92 cm
When I grow up I want to fly planes 2014
Oils on canvas
92x122.5 cm
Death Angels II 2014
Oils and charcoal on canvas
122.5x92 cm
Sergeant Baker 2014
Oils on paper
50x70.5cm
SR-98 2014
Oils on paper
50x70.5cm
Sergeant Major 2014
Oils on paper
50x70.5cm
Bang Bang 2014
Oils on paper
50x70.5cm

2014

Fight // Flight

During training, a soldier is taught to respond to a threat or issue in an ‘aggressive’ and immediate way as opposed to the way a civilian would – this is called the fight or flight response.

\\ Is it in my nature?

I began to find myself thinking about the mindscape of a PTSD (Post-traumatic stress disorder) sufferer and what they could have been thinking or feeling. In this space a perpetual war waged between the human and the oppressive military construct. In this space, a human psyche was trying desperately to be something it was obviously not meant to be.

\\ You were a human being first.

Research Paper .pdf