My most recent body of work explores relationships and identity focusing primarily on my own family members fingerprints. Through the use of painting, printmaking, grouping, mark-making and drawing I have created different variations of fingerprints. However the work is not entirely limited to my family, it can be expanded to other families, relationships or friendship groups.
The swirls, spirals and uniqueness of each fingerprint intrigues me. My fingerprint works show a unique and specific part of each individual, you are not seeing the whole picture so the mind is left wondering. It is important that the viewer understands that these fingerprints are connected to each other in some way. To make my concept clearer I have used titles in my work to reveal more clues and information.
My work begins to have a much deeper meaning when you consider the hand that is being used to paint the fingerprints, we use our hand to touch, express emotion, built and create. Applying the paint thickly to the canvas could compel the viewer to touch the work. This is why texture has become such an important part of my work and I am intrigued with the idea of having the viewer interact with the painting through physical touch.
