My final work is a description of Christmas from my point of view.
It consists of a painting, burnt sleigh parts and a small urn tied with a bow and dressed as a present.
The painting has a trail of smoke that connects the sky to the ground and sleigh trace.
Depicts an accident.
The burnt sleigh is a reference to the Father Christmas mannequin that was burned in 1951. This event was a protest against the commercialisation and paganisation of Christmas, but can also be seen as one of the oldest Christmas rituals.
The small urn comes from the imagery of babies and children that has often appeared in my previous work.
For me there is a strong link between such images and death.
