I know how you look, but how are you? I know what you look like, but who are you?
Adorable Delinquents is a collection of portraits and figurative works of artists and creatives, and people of contrast. Rachel Perrin is interested in the juxtaposition between a sitter’s physicality and their ‘essence’, and this body of work champions the bold.
“These are people who inspire me through their sense of self and freedom of self expression, they are disquiet, they are explorers.”
Lexi, oil-ink- burning on Tasmanian oak, 40x60cms
Jacob, oil-ink- burning on Tasmanian Oak, 40x60cms
Shannon, oil-ink- burning on Tasmanian Oak, 40x60cms
Amber, oil-ink- burning on Tasmanian Oak, 40x60cms
Grace, oil-ink- burning on Tasmanian Oak, 40x60cms
Amy, oil-ink- burning on Tasmanian Oak, 40x60cms
Rebecca, oil-ink- burning on Tasmanian Oak, 40x60cms
James, oil-ink- burning on Tasmanian Oak, 40x60cms
Lexi and the Defeater, burning- Conte-ink- beeswax on Birch Plywood, 120x120cms
Lexi and the Defeater (detail)
Scribbler, burning- Conte-beeswax on Birch plywood, 120x120cms
Scribbler (details)
Adorable delinquents 2, burning-conte-ink- spray paint on Tasmanian Oak, 80x120cms
Juddy the Giant, burning-conte-ink on Tasmanian Oak, 80x120cms
Absolutely Amy, burning-Conte on Tasmanian Oak, 80x120cms
Absolutely Amy (detail)
No Comment, burning- oil-conte and beeswax on Tasmanian Oak, 80x120cms
No Comment (detail)