Bemused

This is a series of mixed media paintings with combination of figurative elements, abstraction and texture. Through this media variation I aim to create a story where a female figure dominates the composition. Some of the figures are venerable in their nakedness other boldly present theirs in complete acceptance.
My visual language is unique to each painting, concerned with mood, content and combination of expressionistic brushwork, line and exaggerated shapes and shadows. I paint with acrylic paint in a spontaneous way, mowing back and forth across painting surface. My creative process is largely intuitive and through referencing to the figure I allow the painting to lead and respond to the marks on the canvas.

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My practice is informed by ideas of abstraction and figuration, it is an exploration of physicality of paint and the act of ‘doing’. The process is the one that embraces accident and ambiguity. I want my paintings to describe a feeling, evoke a response or excite the viewer’s imagination. This body of work is also a reinterpretation of the everyday or ordinary object and subject; young girls busy with the mobile phone, people at the beach etc. Obscured and faceless imagery of the subjects are confronting and mysterious.
The work is inbuilt with layers of symbolic imagery open to the interpretation of the viewer. I reference images from textbooks, magazines and the internet as a base to capture fleeting moments encountered in everyday life. I want my paintings to be a vehicle to reflect upon what it is to be human, seeking connections, testing resilience, acknowledging frailties.
See collaborative works with Linda Lee under Studio7 Collective