Through my practice I explore autobiography, the instability of memory and maternal intimacy. Working in oil allows me to lean into slowness. The medium’s richness and material depth support the kind of slow, deliberate painting that mirrors the act of remembering; layered, textured, and not always linear. I am interested in using trompe l’oeil, glazing, and alla prima to make paintings that communicate a psychological depth. At the centre of my work is the curtain: a recurring metaphor for absence, concealment, and the contradictions of the mother figure. These everyday objects, often tied to domesticity and privacy, become symbols for emotional complexity; the folds in fabric hold space for what is said and unsaid, remembered and forgotten. The act of painting becomes a way to process not just what happened, but what I wish had happened. Ultimately, my work reflects an ongoing attempt to reconcile the emotional contradictions of childhood and care.

It is about transformation, of pain into pattern, grief into form, and the ways in which we use illusion, storytelling, and beauty to process the spaces we come from.