rock band tattoos

In what could be described as a self portrait with a twist, “Defiant” tells the story of the inspirational connection between Lix (frontwoman for Australian rock band Medollic) and her maternal grandmother who served in the Royal Observer Corps in WWII. Above Lix’ bed hangs a sketch of a Swallow by her grandmother, Alison Hope Margaret Nicol, who died on June 1st 2002. She left behind her a legacy of self belief and an ever expanding capacity for imagination in her young artist granddaughter. The silhouette of the aptly named Boulton Paul ‘Defiant’ WWII fighter plane, stretching it’s wings across the canvas, was taken directly from a page in the ROC WWII Aircraft Identification Handbook from the early 1940s.