Shauna Barrett

Watch, 2018

Shauna Barrett

• Oil on Canvas
• 35 x 51cm

• Artist Statement

  Control over animals has vastly increased since the incorporation of agriculture into society. The introduction of farming resulted in tamed and domesticated animals whose lives are elaborately manipulated by man.

  Through the use of oil paint the work attempts to reflect this aspect of manipulation by conveying control through technique and subject; of the animal under human dominance.

  The man-made objects of control render the animals into a state of submission and the work and application of paint aim to reflect this authority and challenge the viewer to contemplate the level of human control over an animal’s appearance, breed, movement and even their very behavior.

  Thesis title: Blackness and Shadow in the work of Caravaggio

  Tutor: Simon Knowle

  Contact information

  Email: shaunabroxy@gmail.com

  Phone: 0858591500

  Instagram: shaunabroxy