Joanna Braithwaite

The creatures depicted in this group of small canvases are indeed wild! Each canvas is devoted to a strange hybrid creature. Some hybrids incorporate the human species. A human is teamed up with an anteater, with a sea urchin, and with – of all things – a winged egg! Although these are bizarre combinations, the creatures are not presented as frightening or intimidating, but rather they have the gentle, whimsical quality of curiosities. The viewer is invited to linger over their peculiarities rather than made to recoil in horror.