Helmeted Honeys: There’s one, set for stun

Artist Notes

This painting plays with one of the most instantly recognisable sci-fi helmets in popular culture and places it in a much more playful, sensual setting. What interests me here is the contrast: hard armour against soft skin, anonymity against intimacy, and the cold authority of the helmet against the warmth and attitude of the body underneath.

There’s a sense of humour in the piece, but it’s also part of a larger fascination I have with how pop-cultural symbols can be shifted into something flirtier, more human, and a little more charged.

Medium

Oil on panel
F6 Size (41 cm x 31.8 cm)
April 2026

Series

This work is part of Helmeted Honeys, an ongoing series exploring the overlap between geek culture, sensuality, anonymity, and style. Each painting pairs an iconic helmet or mask with a body-forward, playful composition, leaning into the tension between armour and skin, power and vulnerability, sci-fi cool and pin-up warmth. The series is as much about visual contrast as it is about desire: familiar symbols made softer, stranger, and more intimate.