Helen Sear

Helen Sear's sublime ability to fuse binaries is at its peak in these works, titled 'Inside the View' after a collection of Max Ernst collages. She melds portraiture and landscape in a play on traditional romantic painting that is anything but comical, imparting a wisely stark mélange of body and geography. You can check out the rest of the series on her website. Such a refreshingly feminine start to spring, but not without substantive undertones.