Eleanor Mountford

Heathen Prayer

Ink on paper
28.6cm x 21.5cm
2024

In a barren plane, a hooded figure issues a prayer to an unknown entity. Armed with a mace, they kneel in the shadow of a Church tower, clasping at the sharp jewellery around their neck. Their silent pleas echo in the wasteland.

Bonnet

Ink on Paper
19.7cm x 12.6cm
2024

A thorny entity in shackles glances over their shoulder at their jailer. A spiky orb hangs suspended next to their face, threatening to sink its spines into their skin at a moment's notice.

A Little Bit About The Artist

Do you think you would survive the backrooms and why/why not?

I often wonder if I already have...

What’s your favourite scary movie?

Alison Maclean's short film "Kitchen Sink" rewired my brain.

What’s the biggest influence on your work?

My work is heavily influenced by liminal experiences of queerness, neurodivergence, and complicated grief, manifested through incarnations of the abject, the uncanny and the wretched outside of their perceived places of belonging.