My art practice is a way for me to make sense of the world. For me, creativity is the sweet spot between control and chaos. Through my art practice, I feel I can tap into the unconscious side of my brain and as Georgia O'Keeffe said “Through my paintings, I can describe feelings and moods I cannot describe with words.” Nobody can say it better than that. 

During the pandemic, my work was concerned with human connection and the importance of community and touch. The paintings were very structured and the colour palette was often quite strong with the colour red featured heavily. 

My ‘Innermost‘ series is looking inwards and responding to the feeling of our collective need to speed up the process of making the right choices regarding the climate and how we make a mark whilst we are here on this planet. With this shift, the brush strokes and colours are lighter. I sense restlessness within young people, with many of my contemporaries questioning their purpose too, this urge for change within what our society deems valuable is also embedded in the energy of the new work. 

My work will continue to mirror the world and how I experience it. My process and the mediums I embrace will change in time with the stories and subjects I want to address. At the heart of my practice lies the handmade and personal storytelling. What I value the most is the uniqueness of an individual’s mark, be it made with a brush on canvas, a pencil or pen on paper, an etching needle on a copper plate or objects shaped by hand in clay or wood. My idea of happiness is to be able to inhabit a space where one is allowed to stay inquisitive. 

My latest series of works ‘Pockets, conceal or reveal?

These paintings, monotypes and etchings address feelings and thoughts around identity, motherhood and fertility explored through my lens of being adopted, my mother’s diaries and being a mother myself channelled by abstraction. 

These works ask the question: What does it mean to choose to be a mother? Or not? 

Incorporating elements of my adoptive mother’s handwritten diaries, the work is also concerned with the loss of language and memories through the loss of analogue documentation in the form of handwritten letters, diaries and notes. In a time where we all store our stories, memories and thoughts digitally, the question one asks: Are these memories and stories really preserved for the future? 

I am the happiest when I paint and my mind is calm, so my art practice is also very much linked to mental health. In a world where everything can feel very overwhelming I feel lucky that I have found something that gives me more.