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Faye Moorhouse
Was it a hallucination or was it real life, 2025
Acrylic on stuck-together paper
107 x 84 cm
Faye Moorhouse is a British artist based in Hastings, England, whose work is known for its strange, darkly humorous narratives populated by animals, humans, and unsettling yet playful scenes. Drawing on a fascination with the grotesque and the everyday, she creates paintings that balance rawness with wit often exploring the unpredictable and emotional aspects of life.
Was it a hallucination or was it real life captures a surreal self-portrait from early motherhood, depicting a sleep-deprived, hallucinatory state in which Moorhouse imagined her dog might eat her baby—a vivid reflection of anxiety, exhaustion, and the blurred boundaries between reality and imagination.
Faye Moorhouse
Was it a hallucination or was it real life, 2025
Acrylic on stuck-together paper
107 x 84 cm
Faye Moorhouse is a British artist based in Hastings, England, whose work is known for its strange, darkly humorous narratives populated by animals, humans, and unsettling yet playful scenes. Drawing on a fascination with the grotesque and the everyday, she creates paintings that balance rawness with wit often exploring the unpredictable and emotional aspects of life.
Was it a hallucination or was it real life captures a surreal self-portrait from early motherhood, depicting a sleep-deprived, hallucinatory state in which Moorhouse imagined her dog might eat her baby—a vivid reflection of anxiety, exhaustion, and the blurred boundaries between reality and imagination.