Bound and Horned
This haunting series deals with themes of masks, anthropomorphism and empitness. Often the figure stands alone against a stark black background, alluding to a sense of loneliness or contemplation.
I am
2019
164 x 114 cm
Graphite on paper
This work represents a stepping into ones own power, letting go of the shame often brought on by imposter syndrome. I Am was completed just before the work Discomposure where these themes are explored in more depth. This celebration of strength focuses on the vitality of human force.
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Mask
2018
164 x 114 cm
Graphite on paper
Alongside the horns’ appealing to those parts of us that are neither rational nor entirely human, this work dives into the complex form and texture of water. Alongside ‘Ritual’, this work combines the dynamic forces of human, non-human and nature altogether in one work.
Mask explores the technique of rendering the texture of liquid and all its challenges ~ all that is fluid, changeable, and cleansing.
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Restrained, I unravel
2018
164 x 114 cm
Graphite on paper
The figure is at once horned, bound and faceless. She pulls at her restraints as if to free herself, but only draws them tighter around her.
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Ritual
2018
164 x 114 cm
Graphite on paper
I found myself intimidated by the task of naming this piece. It’s a challenging part of the process to give your work a title. The title is an opportunity to use words to add to the image, to nudge it in a certain direction. You want to do the work justice and not limit its potential by putting it into a box. But the more I tried to give it swords, the more I found I was just revealing my own limitations towards the work. Once you let a work go and share it, something amazing happens. It becomes this small puzzle piece in other people’s creative process. They send back their interpretations, their words which are far beyond what I could have imagined. Thank you all for being a part of this ritual and sharing your thoughts about the work with me.
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Wrapped in tradition
2018
164 x 114 cm
Graphite on paper
The title of this work references the many ways in which tradition stifles and confines the mind. Here the bindings gesture to the expectations and pressures that restrain us, the horns to those parts of us that are neither rational nor entirely human.
I’ve been enjoying playing with different textures and experimenting with different drawing techniques as elements in the work. This piece uses traditional cross hatching to render the bandage binding the figure. The skin and details are drawn using my own technique which I’ve been working on for the past couple of years.
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