Sally Hook: The Models

"Occasionally I use cutouts of colours and textures in random shapes put together in forms that are instinctive, not preplanned. In this way, old themes and subjects are replaced by new and dynamic images. The use of a tattered old fashion magazine with its beautiful model faces were the source of my plagiarism. The forms that arrived were new to my practice, enticing and challenging but oh so delectable.

Through the process of bringing these forms into physical reality, many changes and adjustments were made to fit into my sense of design for balance, colour and texture. Extravagances were toned down, elements added or changed. In truth, the final works look only vaguely like the original designs - cut and pasted randomly but with my instinct for design.

As the shapes and resolution of each evolved, so too the underlying connections I found to my own life, perhaps a set of unconscious realizations of each, that made them my own statements.

As an artist, I am always moving towards new realms of expression, the unfolding of my own psyche a constant surprise but we are all little universes of experience, conscious of every moment and what these mean to us.

The models’ faces are the elements that link these works. Human beauty is never wasted and always should be – exulted in art."

– Sally Hook 2026