Artist’s Statement

I’m just playing and trying to make sense of my mind and using art to connect to my inner self… it doesn’t always make sense, but I know when I get a mental release, I have connected into a channel …so I guess it’s an exploration of Identity and the subconscious mind.

I am looking at what we can store away in our mind at various depths, through discomfort, fear, loss of memory, trauma or just some blurred vision in a busy world. Nostalgia surfaces a lot through my interest in my cultural identity.

Through spontaneous play I bring to the surface an honest visual language to translate complex feelings to an audience. Colours and markings evoke feelings more than words for me. 

I have never felt sufficiently articulate through words but I do through colour.

I was raised bi-lingual, so I had to jump between two languages, however both cultures were most consistently connected for me through colours and music of the 70’s…so I see Art as my first language.

I am interested in the psychology of Art and how it can help with communication. I want my Art to do more than just be appreciated aesthetically. I hope it gives more than that.

My work is intuitive and relies on subconscious and the conscious to take turns with the canvas. It’s my time to be present and now that I have a busy domestic life, this is my time to escape, however I do seem to reflect on domesticity when I’m away from it.