Bookshelf

Painting

Bookshelf

These paintings explore the tension between the riotous outside world and the quietude of my apartment. How does the calmness of a domestic space clash with the urgency of intrusive thoughts? The secret word for the series is ‘exasperation’.

Hercules, Slay

Painting

Hercules, Slay

This work is about mistrust, violence, and sameness. It is the only work in the series to be definitive in its exterior setting and to show physical touch. Derived from the myth of Hercules’ battle against Antaeus, we see close combat. So close... More

NORM!

Painting

NORM!

NORM! as its title suggests, is a bar scene. Drunk, passed out, depressed, and generally not enjoying themselves, these figures are the dregs who are still around at last call. They do what we wish to do, but without joy – what a waste! The... More

This Counts as a Loss

Painting

This Counts as a Loss

These paintings explore the tension between the riotous outside world and the quietude of my apartment. How does the calmness of a domestic space clash with the urgency of intrusive thoughts? The secret word for the series is ‘exasperation’.

Why the Long Table?

Painting

Why the Long Table?

In Why the Long Table? we are welcomed to an empty segment of a table. On our side slumps the betrayer, already awash with regret for things that haven’t yet come to fruition. Ignored and wriggling against their stock-ish prison, a small red-handed... More

Work by

Charlotte Healey

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