TURN ME TO STONE
2026. Oil on stretched linen.
Athena wore the aegis (shield) of Zeus. Fringed with snakes, it featured the head of the Gorgon Medusa around her neck. Famously, gorgons turned whoever they gazed at into stone.
As AI is being used in the arts, I worry that it is taking something truly human from us. Art isn't just an output at the end of an algorithm. It is the messy PROCESS of creating that brings in lived experience, history and thoughts, mistakes and small decisions along the way.
On the flip side, are we creating the building blocks of something new to come?
— Behind it all, nature will prevail.
50 x 40 cm
Available NOW. Currently on display at the Innovation Centre, Sussex University.