Delving into my artist practice

The majority of my work is figurative, with a particular focus on hands. I find myself repeatedly drawn to the intimate nature that hands can reveal as a subject matter, observing human interactions in both public and private moments. An unspoken dialogue.

The intent of the compositions has been carefully considered. Pared back scenes of unknown figures, purposely concealed and mostly free from landscape seem to be frozen in cropped compositions. There is a sense of time fragmenting within the pieces, small windows where movement becomes still. The use of negative space is equally considered. I wish for the empty canvas to say more than the paint application itself and to push against the traditional idea of a finished painting.

I hope for my work to probe, evoke and conjure up faded memoirs and gaps of uncertainty, allowing room for the viewer to fill in new narratives and reflect of ones own personal memories.