Burning Ants hypha-gallery-catford but affect

but affect

It is both relic and creature

refracted surface that gestures toward trauma and the deteriorating meaning of images in the age of endless visual traffic

document & take heart from

Burning Ants hypha-gallery-catford but affectThis painting entitled 'Burning Ants' shows an ultramarine figure with a magnifying glass (one of the oldest analogue tools), he's using the heat light of the sun through the glass to burn ants on the ground, the light has however bounced back on him and the other figures. This was inspired by overhearing two older gentlemen on a train talk about their childhood and reminisce excitedly that they both used to burn ants not quite grasping in their