I began my artistic journey at a very young age. Always with a pencil or texter in my hand, I found comfort in creating worlds. Throughout my Bachelor of Visual Art (2008) studies, I was very traditional. As time went on, I felt stuck and did not want to create anymore. This led me to pursue a BVA Honours degree in 2021. While my dissertation is very traditional, the practical aspect led me to evolve as an artist.
For my Honours year, I researched the application of the steelyard principle in landscape painting. The key research question was: If the steelyard principle is a basis for creating asymmetrical balance in two-dimensional landscape compositions, which elements of design are most commonly used by artists to communicate this balance?
I implemented Edgar Payne's underpainting technique in a trans-media fashion. The underpainting was performed digitally, printed, and acrylic paint was applied on top. This way of creating paintings is a technique I will continue as I found it to be very flexible, and dramatic and provides room for exploration in paint application.
Further experimentation lead to surrealism. As a genre, I never had much interest in surrealist artists, however, as a practitioner, it is my favourite theme to work with. I love to play with words, ideas, politics, phrases and the invention of new worlds.
I think what distinguishes me from other artists is my vast range of applications. I don't particularly have one single style. I can work with different mediums, different themes and subjects/objects.