The banal, the obvious, the ordinary, the habitual? How do we speak of these common things?

Trying to find a language that can adequately convey quotidian complexity. Such an elusive concept for the overly familiar ‘thing’.  More challenging than we think. These are a collection of works placed within a confine of rudimentary bodily needs. The bathroom is a space where each of us deals directly with our bodies and confronts whatever they provides, thus the functional objects that exist in this space, evacuate the surplus. These things are vessels that contain our dejecta, engaging the interaction between bodies and objects. In a place of cleansing and aiding in ones ‘presentation of self’, why should these objects not have notoriety and subject to discussion!

Linda paints objects of the most mundane nature. Displaying the utilitarian in a new context, through speculative realism with techniques creating volumetric illusion technically relating to classical still life. The subjects engulf the canvas so that the object must allude to nothing beyond what it is and give a sense of grandeur.

The paradoxical ontology of her painting ‘Royal flush’ adds another level of narrative. Incorporating spatial perspective with Trompe l’Oeil forcing a trap for the gaze. This intention is to do with the lure of the ordinary and to highlight our problem of attention to the overlooked world.