‘My work focuses on portraiture, but with the use of both painting and photography this genre is skewed and manipulated. I photograph the act of painting onto my own skin and then paint on top of the photographs, creating a layering of image of paint and painted image, blurring the boundaries between the two. The 'self' is lost, masked beneath the paint, and allowed to become other.

I aim to push the boundaries of reality and representation, and to create works that explore the transformative possibilities of paint, abstraction, escapism and the loss of the real. The painting, photographic and layering techniques and vibrant bold colours used within the work serve as interventions between myself and the viewer and become obstacles to reality, distorting and creating abstracted and visually impactful portraits.’