FATIGUE IN ORANGE, AND HOLDING ON TO PAULINE BOTY
Tinsel tells us that for this piece, the left panel of the diptych is her interpretation of the last painting Boty made before she died. Bum was made by Boty in 1966 just after a diagnosis for cancer that ended her life when she was just 28. She goes on to tell us that, no doubt because Boty was female, her work was deemed insignificant at the time. As a result, she received little recognition compared to her male peers in the Pop Art movement. Bum was discovered in the 90’s in a barn on her brother’s farm.
“My squiggly tired scribble person explores paint and responds to what is going on in the world, and my world, and holds on to Boty for support, and to connect with her.”