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Fay Ballard
Author: Simon Sellars • Jan 19th, 2007 •Category: Ballardosphere, visual art
‘Storm’ (pencil and watercolour on paper; 2006). © Fay Ballard.
Here’s a link to the wonderful online gallery of artist Fay Ballard (JGB’s daughter). As a couple of people have pointed out, there’s a touch of Ernst in these evocative works.
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Yes, Ernst’s “eroded landscapes” with their timelessly lifeless structures certainly fired off The Man’s neurons, and certainly “Storm” (above) and “Uncanny” (on her site) look Ernstian, but I think if you look closely, you’ll see Fay has cleverly trapped little people inside her trunk-like structures… which would make her more of a fantasist than surrealist. Her technique is quite good, especially in her pencil and watercolour words, like “Chard”, which reveals an exact eye for colour, but a thankfully unobsessive attention to detail. She basically uses flora for her subject materials, often blending a jungle of species into a free-flowing homage to the fantastic visions of Henri Rousseau. Oh well, at least plants aren’t neurotic.