Teresa Wells, ‘Lamb of God’, mixed media wood and muslin, June 2010. Photo: Richard Tailby. Inspired by a moral upbringing, I possess an ethical consciousness along with a fascination for the question, ?How do Humans Behave??
Through the medium of sculpture and drawing I explore the tenuous relationship between man, his society, religion, law, and kinship. Isolation and miscommunication resulting in disconcerted connections are most attractive. There is a need for me to express this in ways that become both, voyeuristic and participatory.
Domestic tableaux echo nostalgia for congruity. Specific body language and positioning combined with an absence of facial expression and skin tone raise questions about scenario and relationship.
The ordinary becomes the extraordinary when scale is reassessed. A straightforward scene of exasperation becomes freeze framed from a sequence of events, allowing the