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Charcoal
34.3 x 46.5 cm
2025
In Search of Self
My practice is an ongoing inquiry into the human experience, filtered through the lens of the self. "Who am I?" and "What is ‘me’?" are the central questions of my creative exploration—questions that often yield only further inquiry. Trauma has been a fundamental ingredient of my work for as long as I can remember; through years of internal reflection, I have realized it is entangled in my identity and, therefore, inextricable from my art.
Drawing is the core of my practice. I fluctuate between monochrome and colour, a choice dictated by my internal landscape and its relevance to the subject matter. For years, I have worked exclusively with an indirect mark-making process: applying dust to paper using cotton wool. By first creating marks elsewhere and collecting the excess, I embrace a secondary, mediated way of working.
This process is intentionally restrictive. While cotton wool is a stubborn tool for fine detail, I am drawn to the challenge of its limitations. I often question why I gravitate toward a method that prevents certain outcomes. Perhaps a subconscious echo of trauma? Yet I am consistently seduced by the unique aesthetic born from working ‘with’ this restriction. In many ways, the ‘restriction’ mirrors my navigation through life and my attempts at finding my-self.
The resulting works are defined by a specific duality. The cotton wool produces soft, ethereal, free-flowing tones; however, when guided by hand-cut stencils, the dust becomes sharp, dense, and regimented. I find this contrast to be a direct reflection of my own existence: the dense, restricted, and fleshy reality of the body held in tension with the ethereal, free-flowing nature of the spirit.
Charcoal
34.3 x 46.5 cm
2025
In Search of Self
My practice is an ongoing inquiry into the human experience, filtered through the lens of the self. "Who am I?" and "What is ‘me’?" are the central questions of my creative exploration—questions that often yield only further inquiry. Trauma has been a fundamental ingredient of my work for as long as I can remember; through years of internal reflection, I have realized it is entangled in my identity and, therefore, inextricable from my art.
Drawing is the core of my practice. I fluctuate between monochrome and colour, a choice dictated by my internal landscape and its relevance to the subject matter. For years, I have worked exclusively with an indirect mark-making process: applying dust to paper using cotton wool. By first creating marks elsewhere and collecting the excess, I embrace a secondary, mediated way of working.
This process is intentionally restrictive. While cotton wool is a stubborn tool for fine detail, I am drawn to the challenge of its limitations. I often question why I gravitate toward a method that prevents certain outcomes. Perhaps a subconscious echo of trauma? Yet I am consistently seduced by the unique aesthetic born from working ‘with’ this restriction. In many ways, the ‘restriction’ mirrors my navigation through life and my attempts at finding my-self.
The resulting works are defined by a specific duality. The cotton wool produces soft, ethereal, free-flowing tones; however, when guided by hand-cut stencils, the dust becomes sharp, dense, and regimented. I find this contrast to be a direct reflection of my own existence: the dense, restricted, and fleshy reality of the body held in tension with the ethereal, free-flowing nature of the spirit.