An homage to..

Late 2020 I had a routine mammogram that required me to have a fine-needle biopsy. The results were malignant. No nodes were involved but it was a large 4.5cm lump called a ductal carcinoma in situ. I freaked out and whilst I was waiting for the results I needed to keep myself occupied so as not to dwell on a worse outcome. The lumpectomy was January 6th 2021 and radiotherapy mid February to mid March.

I decided to make self portraits but I found it incredibly difficult to think conceptually and creatively so I decided to do self portraits and to homage other artists. I did it for myself as I was worried about re-creating these images and how the artists, some of them still alive. It really helped me through one of the toughest periods of my life. To be faced with one’s mortality is a strange surreal moment, most of the time I felt like I was out of my head. If any of the artists see these and wish me to remove them from public viewing I will.

I did do a few images of just me as me, but the rest you can guess the artist…

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These are the results:

In Order:

Waiting as Me. Waiting As Me as QEII by Polly Borland

Waiting As Me in the Silence Of The Lambs. Waiting As Me as Susan Sontag by Peter Hujar

Waiting As Me exhausted Waiting As Me as Gloria Swanson

Waiting As Me as a We Can Do This Poster. Waiting As me as a Lamp

Waiting As Me as the Mona Lisa. Waiting as Me ‘not nude on the couch’ Christmas Day with Covid.

Waiting As Me in bed with Ernie the Cat. Waiting As Me as Michelangelo’s Venus de Milo

Waiting As Me as Audrey Hepburn Waaheriting As Me as Frida Kahlo

Waiting As Me as Judy Davis by Carol Jerrems. Waiting As Me as Christine Keeler by Lewis Morley

Waiting As Me as Susan Meisalis’ self portrait. Waiting As Me in a hoodie

Waiting As Me breast intact before surgery. Waiting As Me on a day I couldn’t be bothered

Waiting As Me as Valpinçon woman bathing. Waiting As Me as the Girl with the Peg earring

Waiting As Me as a film is not dead influencer. Waiting As Me declaring My Body is Not A Battleground by Barbara Kruger

Waiting As Me as Vivian Maher with cat