(Un)Bearable Reality

These paintings explore the childhood attachment to inanimate objects such as the teddy bear and doll. For generations children have engaged in very real relationships with these objects, often cherishing them long into their adult years.

When closely examined these complex relationships expose narratives that occupy an ambiguous place somewhere between fantasy and reality. Etched in our collective memory these objects of affection transcend gender, age, culture and religious boundaries causing the curious examiner to consider the lifescape known as childhood, a synthesis of enchantment and innocence, turmoil and discontent, imagination and wonder.