Mothers 2024, acrylic on canvas 160 x 225cm 

Mothers - we all have one. I have two. In this painting, I see both of mine: my adoptive mother and my biological mother; they are both embedded in the layers. This painting is about the absent and the present.

Choosing to become a mother or not has always been a complex decision, one that every woman of a certain age faces, and motherhood is not right or possible for everyone.

This painting celebrates motherhood with all its highs and lows, but it also embodies the emotions linked to the layered decision of pursuing motherhood in today’s complex world, asking the question: what does it mean to decide to be a mother? Or not?