HARLEY GUIN

Waddle on sea trail (Southend on sea) Wild In Art/Havens Hospices

Sponsor; Charles Stanley Group

My play on Venetian masquerade was inspired by this beautiful bird’s beak contour, as well as the black, white and gold palette-it was meant to be. My love for theatre, and carnival art, especially the mystique and magic of the Harlequin character dating back to Italian passion plays, did mean I couldn’t resist making that beak into a venetian mask. The trickster disguises his true wit, what may appear silly and foolish to us hides a myriad of wisdom and secrets beneath those black and white pantaloons…..