Triptych, oil on canvas, 1998

This work concerns Jonbenet Ramsey, a little beauty queen who, at the age of six, was found assaulted and murdered in the basement of her parent's house.

Her story provides the focus for an exploration of girlhood as constructed by adults. Is Jonbenet just an innocent little girl; a knowing siren; or an 'empty canvas' on which we can project our own notions of childhood, our fantasies and sexual desires?