Hobbes State is Your Protector

Quality print of an original artwork by Louella Kennedy. Available in different sizes.

Inspiration for this series comes from questioning misogyny in western philosophical tradition. The collective title of these works ties together the individual pieces, each named after an influential western philosopher and their viewpoint on women.

Thomas Hobbes 1588-1679 believed the state and the family with the father ruling was essential to ensure women didn’t lapse into a state of nature and destruction.

For this series I use new and traditional mediums in a unique way. Gouache and ink on transparent acetate and Yupo are used which allow for hybrid layers which combine to create the finished work. The base layer on Yupo utilises inks and the process is largely uncontrolled representing the living cells of my subjects evoked in the moment. The animal nature of woman that needed to be contained. Often my work includes a semi controlled layer of flowers printed directly onto the surface their residue a fleeting memory of nature representing women’s discursively constructed ‘lack of reason and moral ability’ and questioning the hierarchal distinction between masculinity and art and femininity and craft. The final figurative layer is a painstaking process working in reverse to create a mirror image of the subject. All original works are A3 in size. Note this is a printed version of the original!

PRINT SIZES:
A5 - 14.8 cm x 21.0 cm
A4 - 21.0 cm x 29.7 cm
A3 - 29.7 cm x 42.0 cm

PLEASE NOTE:
- Print colours may vary from those displayed on your monitor screen.
- Prints are sold without frame or mount. Images are to be used for display purposes      only.
- Prints come with backing board and an acid-free cellophane bag for protection.
- Prints are shipped in flat rigid cardboard envelopes.