![If you're happy and you know it](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6137f70f942fc363dece2696/1685750197040-PEMG5QGLQ2R2FGYRO689/if+you%27re+happy+.jpg)
MIXED SIGNALS - July-September 2023, Grafton regional Gallery
IF YOU’re HAPPY AND YOU KNOW IT
2022
170cm x 121cm
Quilting cotton, bamboo cotton batting, embroidery thread.
There is a glitch in the rainbow flag. I am a proud queer man, but why does wearing that label still feel uncomfortable? Is the label for, me or just so I can be defined and ‘othered’ by someone else? The LGBTQIA+ community is not a monolith. We are a collection of individuals, each of us beyond a single label and together greater than the sum of it’s many-coloured parts.
![IF YOU'RE HAPPY AND YOU KNOW IT - Library progress](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6137f70f942fc363dece2696/8e01f6d6-cef9-486f-b869-73155e5cdde4/if+you%27re+happy+progress+library+quilting.jpg)
IF YOU'RE HAPPY AND YOU KNOW IT - Library progress
![IF YOU'RE HAPPY AND YOU KNOW IT - progress coffee break](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6137f70f942fc363dece2696/9432b65e-339e-4800-a325-0c17aac4c63d/if+youre+happy+progress+coffee+break.jpg)
IF YOU'RE HAPPY AND YOU KNOW IT - progress coffee break