 The VoteAcrylic on canvas 122 x 160 cm 2000 (see narrative no.1 below) |  WaitingAcrylic on canvas 122 x 160 cm 2000 (see narrative no.1 below) |  Assyrian WarriorAcrylic on canvas 150 x 50 cm 2000 |
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 Deer (green)Acrylic on canvas 150 x 50 cm 2000 |  Calligraphy Abstract (pink)Acrylic on canvas 150 x 50 cm 2003 |  Calligraphy Abstract (yellow)Acrylic on canvas 150 x 50 cm 2003 |
 Calligraphy Abstract (red)Acrylic on canvas 150 x 50 cm 2003 |  Calligraphy Abstract (pink + greens) 2002Acrylic on canvas 89 x 117 cm 2002 |  Going for FirewoodOil on canvas 150 x 50 2002 (NFS) (See narrative no.2) |
 VeilsAcrylic on canvas 150 x 50 cm 2000 |  TigerAcrylic on canvas 50 x 150 cm 1998 |  Two TigersAcrylic on canvas 50 x 150 cm 1998 |
 The DisappearedAcrylic on canvas 102 x 102 cm 1998 (see narrative no. 3 below) |  PumpkinsAcrylic on canvas 50 x 75 cm 1998 |  Four Bowls against curtainAcrylic on canvas 150 x 50 cm 1998 |
 Bowls on greenAcrylic on canvas 30 x 125 cm 1998 |  DahliasAcrylic on canvas 65 x 75 cm 1988 (sold) |  MangoOil on Canvas 92 x 61 cm 1985 (NFS) |
No. 1: The Vote and Waiting: We, in the democratic West, are easily prone to take for granted our right to vote and indeed many people cannot be bothered to do so. It is easy to forget that for many people it is a recently acquired privilege and indeed is yet to be the right of many others.
No. 2: Going for Firewood: Women in many parts of Africa not only have to forage for firewood as part of their basic survival but risk violent attacks from soldiers or rogue gangs in the process.
No. 3: The Disappeared: In 1998 a group of Chilean nationals hammered crosses into the grass in front of the Houses of Parliament, each one representing someone who had 'disappeared' during the repressive years of the Pinochet regime. I found a moving newspaper image of one of the women participating in this quiet act of grievance and demonstration. I asked my daughter to model the same pose and was shocked by the emotion that this evoked in me. I was not prepared for such a simple act to engender such empathy.