Spitlithics

2019

Saliva & health supplement pigments on paper.

(1 - 3 of a series of 6)

The beginnings of new works into spit, stencils and prehistoric image generation, thinking of the Altamira cave paintings, pigmentation, shapes and taxonomies of arrowheads, and individual activity and community representation.

The plant-pigmented spray works reveal arrowhead outlines, and are based on hand paintings stencilled 40,000 years ago by early humans. They ranged in size, tone and gender: individual, silent and immediate expressions of identity and community.