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The Valleys of Paradise- Oil on panel- 138 x 89cm
 

 

See her faces unfurl, 36 x 48 inches, Oil on canvas

  To Enter the Bright Eye- Oil on panel- 2011-85 x 100cm

 

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 Nay The Plainness of Her Dresses? Now I know her But in Two.-Oil on panel- 155 x 105cm - 2011

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Maud the beloved of my mother, the moon-faced darling of all- Oil on panel- 105x 135cm

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Maudeline Spacks, named after the "Maud" of Tennyson's poem of the same name, was a vanishing artist and femme fetale active in the early noughties. Maudeline's tour de force was a duel show at Sydney Opera House and the Royal Opera House London, where she performed in both venues at the same time. A video link up broadcast the concurrent shows in real-time to each venue. During the course of her Magnus Opus, Maud became lost in transit somewhere between the London and Sydney, never to be seen again. Incidentally, Charlie Chaplin was once spotted in 800 simultaneous sightings across America.

There is speculation that there was one further siting of Maud, a few hours after the performance, outside a house in Pimlico talking to a man in a dark fedora hat. The man fits the description of Andrew Plummer,lead vocalist of World Sanguine Report,(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhiPUmB769s).Plummer was infatuated by Maud, like most people who met her, and reportedly heartbroken when his advances were refused during rehearsals. Will Teather met Plummer when he was commissioned to paint the stage set and publicity images for Maud's performance, for which Plummer was one of the support acts. In hindsight, the paintings seem to have foreseen Maud being kidnapped by Plummer and becoming trapped in an interstice, a sort of lacuna, where she becomes"Schroedinger's cat," so to speak. A vanishing artist who has vanished forever, she is both dead and alive at the same time,something that is meditated upon in many of Teather's new large-scale paintings, populated by moths and other symbols of transformation.

 

 

   

At this point one should turn to Siouxsie and the Banshees for elucidation:


"She tries not to shatter,kaleidoscope style
personality changes behind her red smile
every new problem brings a stranger inside
helpessly forcing one more new disguise

Maudeline-the strawberry girl
Maudeline-banana split lady
Maudeline-the strawberry girl
Maudeline sees her faces unfurl"

 

Etheldra

Pastel on velour

 

  Screenprint edition

 Screenprint edition

 

 Acrylic on canvas

 Screenprint edition

Acrylic on canvas

Acrylic on canvas

 


 The Valleys of Paradise- Acrylic and oil bar on canvas - 95 x 75cm approx 

 

 

In a peculiar twist of fate Maud made a re-appearance in person, at the Assembly House, Norwich, 7pm on Wednesday October 5th: