Painting of a female figure in a white top holding a small hand tool on a background of flowers
Vanessa Jones, HoMi Hand Plow (self-portrait), 2020
Credit

Vanessa Jones

HoMi Hand Plow (self-portrait), 2020

Oil on canvas | Unframed: 100 x 80 cm

‘HoMi Hand Plow is a self-portrait that explores the enclosed garden with the overgrown thistle and chainlink fencing. It is inspired by the Très Riches Heures as well as a portrait of a young Marie Antoinette. It also plays with my own Korean heritage, with the inclusion of the Korean homi hand plow.’

 

Go back to the shortlisted works

More shortlisted portraits