After the Storm.  Oil on canvas board.  2020.

After the Storm. Oil on canvas board. 2020.

Statement.

I am a visual artist with three strands to my practice, drawing, painting, printmaking and sculpture.

My work is representational and detailed with a surreal sensibility. An autobiographical narrative runs through my work, exploring issues around spousal abuse, interpersonal relationships and female agency. I depict work with a story that can be emotionally raw and evoke feelings of discomfort. I aim to produce a visual manifestation of an inner state having the courage to expose fears and vulnerabilities. I want to communicate these emotive issues to a viewership and to challenge the parameters and belief systems of the culture in which I was raised, lift the polite facade and explore beneath the veneer of our emotional masks.

I utilise strong colour and dramatic lighting in my work. In order to achieve the high level of realism I desire in my finished paintings, I use a broad range of techniques and media in the construction of my primary references. I attain this through the use of photography, photoshop, model making, sculpture, dressmaking, embroidery, knitting and crochet.