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Philippe Le MiereCITY OF PORT PHILLIPPuppet, Oil on canvas, 57 x 72cm, 2012, $600“Rather than working from an observable reality, my work is drawnfrom the observations of my ‘mind’s eye’. This painting titled Puppet isan active imagination of a dream sketch dated 4th January, 2012 . Thepainting depicts a cool, open rocky landscape, and in it stands poiseda female, clad in robotic armor. Why has she halted to this spot andwhat has captured her attention? Armour both protects and obscures anindividual’s identity. When we mask ourselves it transforms us, evokinga more confident image and providing temporary housing for the gods.Philippe was born in Melbourne in 1975 and graduated a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Victorian College of theArts in 1997. He has worked in arts education and currently works from his home studio bordering the City ofPort Phillip, where he is an active member of the local arts community. The main focus of his art practice isthe study of dreams and the reasoning of unconscious content, beginning with the daily recording of a ‘dreambeat’ into a dream sketch diary. From these drawings further active imagination sketches are made.24 URBAN CREATURES