Drawings
Unititled
2023, micron pen and gold leaf on Canson mixed media, 61cm x46cm
The second piece in the ongoing series Qualia, and the product of a couple of years' work, this piece has yet to be given a title. It is a reflection on ancestry, life, motherhood, and our connection to those around us and the natural world in which we live. By exploring organic forms through the patterns and geometry often found occurring in nature, I found myself consumed by the details we often miss in the world around us, lost in the beauty of the little things we let pass us by, and incredibly more appreciative of the way we can be delighted both when we stop to examine something closer, and when we allow ourselves to zoom out and see the full picture.
Here, Now
2020, micron pen and gold leaf on Canson mixed media, 36cm x28cm
Statement from March 11th, 2020:
"I think in this weird time in our lives, something to take away coming out the other side, it's that it's okay to slow down some times. We live in a world of constant stimulus, rushing everywhere, trying to find time to accomplish everything, never having the time to sit down and breathe. Never able to properly relax. We're taught to base our worth only on what we produce. It's easy to lose yourself in the flow, easy to forget how to slow down and just take everything in. How to breathe, and just be present in a moment.
The flow has been interrupted, now, and we've been forced to learn how to be okay with just being. A lot of people, myself included, struggled with the adjustment because so much of our lives is structured around keeping our momentum going, keeping busy. We had to relearn how to watch the clouds, to sit in the grass and feel it in your fingers, to let the world move around us while we stayed still and just watched. I hope we can hold onto that, now that the world is reopening, and remember that it's okay sometimes to just be here, now."
The Raven
2019, micron pen and watercolour ink on Canson mixed media,28cm x 36cm
A piece based largely in practice of technical skills, The Raven serves as a benchmark for the shifting of my style in a more careful, planned direction. It is an early work in employing geometry, symmetry, and utilizing negative space and layering to play with the space between information and suggestion.
