I deconstruct the idea of a memory, blurring identities, obstructing realities and present it in a way in which I think it would look in a dream-like/fantasy world. I paint a lot from my subconscious, working mainly in oil on canvas. I believe in the statement the way in which information is presented to the viewer affects how they perceive it. I want my viewers to see the many layers of my paint and understand the fabric of their own imaginations and the depth of my imagination. Personal recreations of creative consciousness and imagination.  

Previous research into how the mind works and how we cannot see everything that goes on around us, the many particles that are in the air all around us for instance sound vibrations and how they are invisible, looking into this assisted me to widen the boundaries of my imagination. I began painting what I would imagine these sub-atomic particles would look like, freeing up my painting practice and creating notions and ideas on canvas.   Overall this lead to myself becoming more interested in the mind and how we access our memories. I then moved on to look at the ways in which I could deliver this information in the form of a painting.

Sourcing information from online photography archives, newspaper articles, magazines, old family photographs, social media and stories told to me by my family members.

             I deconstruct my family photographs to depersonalise them, although still keep the familiarity that a figure might show. I do this with a lot of veiling with washes of paint, layering up and big brush strokes.