Bleach on black fabric Making marks with household bleach is exciting and unpredictable as the final image doesn’t reveal itself until minutes after the brush has left the fabric. Rather than adding pigment to the fabric the substance seemingly extracts the colour through oxidation. Or rather - affects the molecules to reflect different lightwaves. This painting depicts palms trees shaken by a nuclear test. Hand painted artist’s strap frame.

Kirsty Harris

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‘I explore nuclear explosions as cultural, historical and iconic symbols. Referencing the scale, beauty and abhorrent nature of the atom bomb I delve into the periphery of the subject, the myths, characters and surrounding evidence. I works across a wide range of media from vast oil paintings, tapestries, projections and audioscapes to delicate paintings on glass and ceramics you could hold in your hand.