This was painted just before the film The Silence of the Lambs came out and as coincidence would have it, there was one of Australia's Bogong moth occurrences blowing across Sydney at the time.
The moths were all around me while I was painting so I included some of them in the picture. The moths had nothing to do with the film, but no one would believe me. The painting had more to do with drugs and sex than serial killers.
Published: 6 April 2007
Production Location: Australia
Production Date: 1991
Title: Knee Lip
Medium: Oil
Support: Canvas
Dimensions (mm W x H):
- Stretcher: 1900 x 2000
- Frame: 20
Frame: Oregon
Knee Lip - preliminary drawing
Knee Lip - early painting layers