Here Comes Another One. Studio Image. (CGLAS) Aug 2023
Artist statement
I am interested in the human experience and the mutability of identity.
Following the modernist tradition my work is subjective and based on encounters with self and others in the world. I take from emotional experiences, observations of others and from my imagination. Through my work I explore themes including mortality, female presence and agency and human connection. I am informed by an interest in psychology, Freuds idea of the fractured self and the process of becoming as it relates to individual and group dynamics.
Starting with drawing I create narrative scenes to explore these and other topics. I visualize my ideas using paint and line to represent simplified yet recognisable enviroments and figures on the canvas. The imaginary situations I construct respond to aspects of everyday contemporary life and sometimes reference Western art historical tropes including Memento Mori.
The motif of water has always been important in my work. For me it relates to many interconnected human experiances; to the activities and rituals of everyday life; to expressions and functions of the physical and emotional body; the universal, transformative experiences of birth and death; and the oceanic feeling of oneness.
