About
I am interested in the complexity and ambiguity of the human condition. My work is personal, based on inner and outer reflection and observations in the world.. My research engages with early medical and psychoanalytic theories and practices and the concept of thriving.
The mostly female figures I paint symbolise imagined parts of self as well as friends and people I know. These characters exist in and navigate through a surreal world where identities combine and morph reflecting multiple threads of personal and collective memories, observations and possibilities. This exploration functions for me much like the role of sleep and the processing and organising of information through dreams.
I use simplified forms and the language of comics to express my ideas; and stylistically move between traditional oil painting techniques and expressive painting and drawing that capture direct emotional responses. Framing in my work is used to encapsulate whole ideas as well as to suggest narrative progression, disruption and juxtaposition. Metaphorically these shifting presentations relate to the range of freedoms and restrictions I notice within myself.
