Tuesday 26 May 2015

'Death becomes child's play'

The DEATH exhibition and a little about my work has been featured in the Art section in today's SMH!


Artist Hayley West with her five-year-old daughter Ramona, who is cuddling a rabbit she stuffed herself, in their Blue Mountains home. Photo: Janie Barrett

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/art-and-design/death-becomes-childs-play-in-hayley-wests-art-at-casula-powerhouse-arts-centre-20150525-gh6ib1.html#ixzz3bCQmBtw6


Friday 1 May 2015

Copper Beech, Katoomba

My work for Portal to K-Town responded to the nautical traces found in the home (such as the porthole in the bedroom) with the tragedy of lives lost at sea.



Concrete Wreath 
Foam & plaster, 50 cm ΓΈ x 12 cm, 2015

Burial Shroud
Cotton & fish scales, 190 x 112 cm, 2014




Cemetery Wall
Digital print, 420 x 594cm, 2014