Iris Scott
If These Walls Could Squawk, 2020
Oil on canvas
91.4 x 45.7 cm
Copyright The Artist
A luxurious Hornbill sits among invented flowers evoking cherry blossoms. Inspired by over-the-top vintage wallpaper, the background provides a stark contrast for the bird’s almost psychotic red eye. Luxury and...
A luxurious Hornbill sits among invented flowers evoking cherry blossoms. Inspired by over-the-top vintage wallpaper, the background provides a stark contrast for the bird’s almost psychotic red eye. Luxury and hyperbole play between the bird’s extravagant beak and the wall-papery background that create an almost hilarious tension between sobriety and excess. The source photography for this arresting image is by Peggy Burnet.
