Pteron Street Collage

Seeing Picasso's early works in Madrid, I was drawn to the interior rooms which encapsulated his subjects. In Australia, the eye is always outward, so I was compelled to create a series of artworks that looked at the outside world of suburban backyards. They are strange private-public world where people explore their most personal pursuits, knowing their neighbours can see them. It turns out the suburbs are disturbingly voyeuristic. This work explores the hazards of getting into the swimming pool in summer where a lawn full of bindii eyes (Soliva pterosperma) would thwart every child's approach to the swimming pool.