Chloe’s new series of works explore the complexity of emotions surrounding her transition into motherhood, through the lens of her Jewish identity. The works question what it means to be a mother in an increasingly uncertain world; a vessel, a protector, a food source and a partner, within an ever-shifting and expanding identity and set of responsibilities.
Vessel 1-6, 170 x 140cm, Oil on Canvas, 2024
These paintings and watercolours expose a sensitive dialectic between trauma and resilience. ‘October Rain’ serves as a direct and raw response to October 7th, reflecting the fear and insecurity it inspired among Jews in Israel and in the diaspora. ‘Vessel (1-6)’, which attempt to surround and contain it, reflect the possibility of hope through the next generation amidst the challenges of parenting, in the shape of abstracted, botanical and figurative forms.
October Rain, 140 x 140 cm, Oil on Canvas, 2024