In times of great uncertainty, illness and disconnect, my practice seeks to pull apart and acknowledge the complex world of human emotions, ritual and the ever-present longing for connection. Derived from both intense moments of introspection and extrospection, this series of works combines the intangible of the sublime in both history and popular culture with the physical and deeply personal nature of the domestic. Predominantly beginning in the two-dimensional, I draw as a way to create tangible spaces for my feelings and emotions to exist outside of myself. This process is sensitive and intuitive and combines pictorial language, symbols and ambiguous metaphors in an attempt to unveil the profound tensions and anxieties that reside all around us. Acting as a bridge between the mind and the material, the known and the unknown, the later transformation from paper to sculpture takes this otherwise deeply personal experience and re-contextualises it into a public display of affection towards the mysterious and strange forces that exist beneath the quotidian. Through making these works I lovingly ask that viewers process the profound, sometimes difficult relationships we have with ourselves and learn to love the banal and at times melancholy way we live out our lives.

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I can walk home alone in the dark, but I get scared when I turn the lights off, 2021  

graphite on paper

1000 x 700 mm

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opus III, 2021  

graphite on paper  

1000 x 700 mm

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a soft kind of power, 2021  

graphite on paper  

1000 x 700 mm

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constantly embarrassed, 2021  

graphite on paper

1000 x 700 mm

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i said ouch! this really hurts , 021  

graphite on paper  

1000 x 700 mm

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fence and ribbon, 2021  

wood, wire, paper, flour, water, glue, cement, acrylic paint  

1200 x 1800 x 120 mm

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dusty perversion, 2021  

earthenware clay  

300 x 650 x 420 mm

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