Marie Mansfield 'Memento' heide circle Viewed from above

Viewed from above

The dark background allows for the cake to almost pop out of the canvas

Under his hand

Butterflies possess a dual resonance in Charles Blackman’s work

sinuous path across the canvas

Marie Mansfield 'Memento' heide circle Viewed from aboveMarie Mansfield's work centres around people and places in an unexpected dance. Her paintings are often devoid of people, yet alive with traces of their presence a spectral energy that conjures melancholy, nostalgia and bemusement. In 'Memento', a ceramic swan napkin holder basks in a ray of soft sunlight. This esoteric kitchen object evokes memories of kitsch vintage style items, while the gentle light seems to animate the sleeping swan, hinting that