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Oil on wood
32.5 x 22.5 x 2 cm
2025
Working from traditional folklore, as well as stories that emerge from personal experiences, collective and speculative imaginings, Isla Jones’ work situates the female body in nature; investigating ideas about identity and connection with oneself, others, and the world through vivid folkloric narratives and fictioned landscapes. In blurring lines between worlds, fractures between the real and the non-real almost turn into portals. The body, in turn, becomes a space for continuous mutation and change; existing within nature, either as a hostile force or as part of an ecosystem. Visually, the emphasis is often on the undeniable correlations between the figure and its environment. Figures are consistently close to nature, even if sometimes the landscape seems barren, empty or inhospitable. Depictions of symbolic, unfamiliar landscapes and the rituals within them make space for the body to be depicted unusually, characterised by a sense of transformation, fragmentation, and distortion.
Oil on wood
32.5 x 22.5 x 2 cm
2025
Working from traditional folklore, as well as stories that emerge from personal experiences, collective and speculative imaginings, Isla Jones’ work situates the female body in nature; investigating ideas about identity and connection with oneself, others, and the world through vivid folkloric narratives and fictioned landscapes. In blurring lines between worlds, fractures between the real and the non-real almost turn into portals. The body, in turn, becomes a space for continuous mutation and change; existing within nature, either as a hostile force or as part of an ecosystem. Visually, the emphasis is often on the undeniable correlations between the figure and its environment. Figures are consistently close to nature, even if sometimes the landscape seems barren, empty or inhospitable. Depictions of symbolic, unfamiliar landscapes and the rituals within them make space for the body to be depicted unusually, characterised by a sense of transformation, fragmentation, and distortion.