Based on the play 'Loot' by Joe Orton, we were tasked with creating a piece in any medium, size and form over a six week period.
I took the elements of secrecy and hidden secrets from the script. All of the characters have something that they are hiding; an element to their character that isn't clear at first.
I specifically worked on Nurse Fay and Hal.
I worked on the idea of "skeleton's in your closet" as Nurse Fay is hiding how she has killed off seven previous husbands, and Hal has stolen the money. This is why there are seven hidden diamonds on Nurse Fay's image, and pound signs in Hal's.
I also added an element of dias los muertos on their faces as it is like peeling away the facade of their appearance to reveal a more colourful and complicated self. Stripping them bare of masks, lies and hidden secrets.
The flowers come from the many flowers involved in a funeral, as Act 1 revolves around the preparations for Hal's mother's funeral, and then I researched their meanings and so I included flowers which had symbolic meanings in relation to the two characters.
For example the marigold - desire for riches; oleander - caution and daffodil - deceit.
Mediums used:
Black on white - white gouache on black mountboard
White on black - fine liner pen on white gouache
