THis piece was made for a  collage project.  I was  doing my research on Dada  and came up with the idea  of using a "Gimp-like" image in one of my works.

At the time I was painting a series which related to my fears and desires...I felt the "Gimp" image was perfect to express my thoughts on the subject of love, as I had recently heard a quote by Malcolm Maclaren (founder of The Sex Pistols) who said "The Gimp gets to a stage, where he cannot fuction without a mask to hide behind."  

I felt this to be true of me in some ways, as at times in order to deal with certain situations, I also hide my feelings behind another version of me...I think if we are truely honest about things, we all do this to some degree.