The Twins

Cuddly toys and imaginary friends help children manage their fears, and make the emotional transition from dependence to independence. In this way they act as guides and companions into different worlds.

The Twins (2024, 100 x 30 x 20cm. Fake fur, gold belt, acrylic eyes, stuffing) can be read as an alter ego or a companion. A delicate child and a wild animal. And, for me, he is also part of the much larger dark creature watching over you as you sleep.

This piece was made under the influence of Peter Pan, the monster under the bed, Mitch Walker’s post-Jungian gay mythology, the trickster myth, psychopomps, and the animal-angels from the Book of Revelation. And also remembering my first cat, Tobermory.

For my exhibition at This is not a monster (2024), Institute of Contemporary Art Singapore, The Twins guarded a painted wall covered in drawings, paintings and animal eyes, produced under the theme of ‘The Night Has a Thousand Eyes’.

The Twins was resident at Mr Lim’s Shop of Visual Treasures in 2024-25, and joined the Alter Ego group show at L’Arca delle Arte in Pordenone, Italy in 2026.