The Storyteller
The Storyteller, a large-scale (18 foot) painting comprising seven wood and gesso panels inscribed with
painted and drawn motifs.
‘For the form and content of The Storyteller, Mullaniff drew on her archival research into the home as a place
laden with memory and cultural identity, which are reflected in domestic memorabilia and decorative
artefacts. Mullaniff has explored these issues through paintings that encompass the use of printed fabric,
photographic imagery and floral illustrations, reconfiguring past design motifs and their cultural connotations
into a contemporary context. In The Storyteller, Mullaniff repeated and cropped a basic rose motif across the
surface such that the colour appeared to fade where it was absorbed into the gesso surface. The motif was
derived from Mullaniff’s research into the book of prints, Les Roses, by Pierre-Joseph Redoute, a French artist
of the late 18th/ early 19th century, complemented by investigations into the patterns used for textiles.
painted and drawn motifs.
‘For the form and content of The Storyteller, Mullaniff drew on her archival research into the home as a place
laden with memory and cultural identity, which are reflected in domestic memorabilia and decorative
artefacts. Mullaniff has explored these issues through paintings that encompass the use of printed fabric,
photographic imagery and floral illustrations, reconfiguring past design motifs and their cultural connotations
into a contemporary context. In The Storyteller, Mullaniff repeated and cropped a basic rose motif across the
surface such that the colour appeared to fade where it was absorbed into the gesso surface. The motif was
derived from Mullaniff’s research into the book of prints, Les Roses, by Pierre-Joseph Redoute, a French artist
of the late 18th/ early 19th century, complemented by investigations into the patterns used for textiles.
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