“Madam’s Dream” was the result of experimental drawing.
I started with a blind contour drawing of a buck’s skull and was left with a chaotic scribble of lines.
With a closer look I found shapes that I could put it back together with color. I began layering gouache throughout the shapes. From this process evolved sensual lines and depth created with layers of transparency.
While scanning material for collage in a literature text, I was struck by passages from Madame Bovary. I saw a parallel between the suggested decay of my skull subject matter and the decay of the novel’s protagonist.
Each collage represents a stage in the journey of Madam Bovary. Waking in stillness, the flush of romance, and the decay of disappoint and death.
