I am inspired by the world every day. It’s people, places, landscapes and cultures are a visual feast and sensory overload at times. Simple things that often get taken for granted or go unnoticed can be a virtual playgound to a person with a camera in hand.

My art strongly focuses on the psychology of dark emotional states of mind and has been inspired by my own experiences, trauma, and processes of healing. Within this focus, I have divided the work into two main categories: darkness and light. My work explores the dualities found between the two, in opposition to each other or in co-existential crises. The physical appearance of my work is a depiction of the emotive states of mind that we often experience throughout life, the darker the image, the heavier and more intense the emotional expression within the piece. I often delve into themes of adversity, fear, and the overcoming thereof, the eternal quest for freedom and hope, and a search for answers amongst timelines of experience and trauma that can twist and shape us into who we become.

When I am not shining a light on these darker moments, I find myself swept up in an air of nostalgia. Memoirs of childhood years that sit on the lighter side of the emotional spectrum. Less traumatic and challenging, rather laced with a familiar sense of warmth and safety. Periods when I have felt protected and at peace. These two main veins of art come directly from my childhood and have come together to make me who I am today. They combine to create a huge source of inspiration and have been paramount in my personal and artistic development, which in turn is a big part of my healing process.

I have always aimed to capture the world as we see it and present it in a way that we may not. I want the viewer to connect with my work and see something familiar, or uncomfortable that, due to its familiarity, needs to be investigated. I want viewers to feel seen and understood and to know that others have also experienced this, too.