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Oil on canvas

Paint bleeds gradually outwards on the canvas in an organic spiral formation, saturated in gradients. Reminiscent of a placenta or a menstrual bleed. The spiral formation, a life metaphor, is present in other works and carries a thread of semi-autobiographical storytelling.

Self portrait through the paint 2015 1767624553 Morgan Sinton-Hewitt

female line

Holding H/Earth

conception

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