Artist Bio

Grime and darkness seize control of my work. There is no escape from humanity's raw unpleasantries of every day, so why not externalize those emotions into art? Every visceral and uncomfortable moment is an opportunity for greater internal understanding. Within each brush stroke or pencil line, I trap these raw feelings that fester and conceptualize them into my art.

 

Traditional techniques such as surrealism and mediums that have been used for thousands of years, like oil and acrylic painting or pencil and charcoal, are all materials I use to capture an ancient connection within my work. A connection that has been forged through centuries of material practice that resonates with the modern-day viewer due to their historical presence that lingers through time. These traditional practices imbue each piece with a sense of timelessness and permanence.

 

My work decapitates all notions of sanity and creates a familiar yet uncomfortable space that will make the viewer question not only the mental state of me, the artist, but themselves as well. There is no need for prior context or knowledge before witnessing my work, as it solely depends on how the viewer sees and picks apart each distorted shape, muted colour or uneasy texture in their own way.  

 

My mental journey has been a large contributor to shaping my style of art over the years. The darker themes of suffering and escape are prominent throughout my work and yet still feel safe and familiar, like sitting in a liminal space. My trauma is one part of my life and, therefore, only one part of my process. Another key part would be the genuine connection I have made to the earth. As a child, I would grind and smash herbs together to create “healing” concoctions. As an adult, I studied holistic healing for years, and just like that, all of a sudden, these concoctions I was making were real instead of imaginative plant mush. Over the years, my genuine gratitude and love for nature has grown immensely, and this growing appreciation has found a way to reflect more and more into my art.

 

 The absorption of emotion is individual, I do not create with the intent to heal others with my work, nor with the intent to heal myself. I am simply regurgitating my heart and soul into my art, and if that generates a positive or negative response, so be it. At the end of the day, I am a traditionalist who loves fusion, a nutcase who values mental and spiritual clarity, a collector with no space to put things, and a loving daughter, sister, and girlfriend who will spend the rest of her life paying back the people who have pushed her this far.