FORCE
 Brute force / violence (relating to a particular
circumstance, scene or activity)
 Athletics / human strength / physical activity
(focused on one particular activity or sport)
 Movement involved in a particular forceful
action
 Peer pressure (relating to a particular
behaviour / action / activity)
 Trees / landscapes ravaged by wind
 Rain lashing a particular scene
 A boiling hot summer’s day / ice cream melting
 Decay / rot / mould: an outdoor structure
succumbing to the forces of nature
 Aftermath of an earthquake or some other natural
disaster
 Floods / slips / erosion / cars swept away in
swirling flood waters
 Bombs / terrorist activity
 Gravity / falling / precarious sculptures / structures
 Scientific analysis of forces (old textbooks /
diagrams / scales)
 Friction
 The conversion of one force to
another: i.e. an old mechanical
plough / pulleys / cogs
 The force of waves
disintegrating items at the
edge of the sea
 Electrical force fields
 Political / religious forces
 Societal obligations to conform
 Human perseverance in a trying circumstance / willpower / desire to
survive / force of life
 Breaking or smashing something
 Car crashes
 Recycled items being crushed
together prior to transporting
 A building being demolished
 A still life where items are balanced
precariously / crushed from above /
squashed
 A wreckers yard
 A nut cracker
 Breaking something obscure and
unexpected into tiny pieces and
reassembling these, or using as the basis
for a still life
 The human body subjected to forces of
some kind: pushing / pulling / shredding
 Mental forces and the way these shape or
deform our being
JUXTOPOSITION
 Siblings sitting side by side
 Unexpected items sitting side by side
on a refrigerator shelf, or in a pantry,
or supermarket shelves
 Different species of animals living
happily in close quarters
 Wild animals alongside tame /
domestic
 Unexpected combinations
of objects at unexpected
scales
 Healthy food alongside
unhealthy food
 Multiple views of a single
person within one portrait
 Unexpected items in bowls
of food
 Drawings of items alongside
actual items (integration of
drawing with photography:
drawings of drawings)
OPEN
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Architectural openings – looking through windows / doorways
/ framing of scenes
Bodily openings (wounds / scars)
Open mouths: the never ending desire to be fed
Pile of open books / letters / desk scene
Animals in cages / open latches / gates / escape
Birthday scene – unwrapping / opening presents
Unexpected packages containing random items
The peeling open of nuts / fruit / vegetables / discarded skins
Animal carcasses
Gutting fish
Open scissors / surgical instruments
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Open hands / fingers / holding of precious items
Breaking open something unexpected
Open boxes / cartons / packaging
Grocery bags spilling open
Flies landing on a food item that was left open
Opening seedpods
COVERT AND OBSCURED
 Masks / disguises
 Makeup / concealment
 Carrying out an embarrassing activity /
action in private
 Unexpected objects buried in soil
 Wrapping in layers
ROLLING
 Rolling pins / baking scene
 Road rollers / diggers /
construction workers
 Children playing – rolling down
hills etc
 Spinning wheels / cogs /
mechanical items
 Roller coasters / spinning rides at
amusement parks
 Rolling random items down hills
 Runaway vehicles
 Items blowing across sand in the wind
(rolling tumbleweed etc)
 People pushing a vehicle stuck in mud
 Kids playing with marbles
 Forward rolls / gymnastics
 Rolls of paper – beauty in the
mundane
 Rolls of skin / fat
 Old fashioned bicycles
FLOATING
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Swimming / diving
Ducks and ducklings
Something horrific floating in water
Rubbish / litter clogging waterways
Hot air balloons (showing the interior
mechanisms / people etc)
 Floating seeds / seedpods
 Gravity / weightlessness
 A body caught at the bottom of the sea
TAPED, TIED AND BOUND
 A chained animal
 Animals trapped / entangled in rubbish / litter
 Zipping up of unexpected items (zips in flesh
etc)
 Taping / tying of the human figure
 Swings tied to trees
 A person tied up by their hair
 Washing tied on the line
 Bundles of random objects tied and bound
together
 Bound onions, garlic and
other vegetables hanging to
dry
 Blood relatives: inescapable
ties between generations /
family
Reflection
 Portraits reflections in shiny objects eg
spoons, mirrors, irons etc
 Eye Reflections
 Holding mirror up and having part
reflection with a portrait
 Water – rippled, in a cup/glass,
 Symmetrical mirror
 Broken mirror- facial distortion
 Car reflection
 Window/glass
reflection: along with
outside and inside
composition
 Colour reflection:
Fruit/vegetables
against white/muted
coloured objects/paper
 In Sunglasses