I am constantly shifting. The mass of cells that die and get replaced within a human body each year is close to our entire body weight, no wonder I don’t have the same interests and desires as I did last year-most of that person doesn’t exist anymore! My theory is that as we get older and fewer cells are regenerated we start to settle and form a more grounded, resolved human being that knows what they like/what they’re good at/who they are.
My current artwork is explorative and somewhat varied, yet a common thread runs through all my creations… a fascination in facts. Scientific fact sparks something deep within the fabric of my being, it enlightens then ignites my creative practice. The wonder of knowledge, of being in the know! To know is empowerment; to hold in your brain the fact that there are one-hundred thousand quadrillion vigintillion atoms (that’s 10 with 82 zero’s after) in the observable universe is a quantifiable possession we can own and once you own that fact nothing can take it from you. Knowledge is riches of the earth that can never be depleted. We mine these riches through scientific discovery and in turn create true statements.
My work is a subjective interpretation of fact intertwined with expressions of wonder and delight. I use paint in ways such as; pouring, spilling, pushing… and then deliberate mark making and illustrative drawing. I create diagrammatic works that explain systems of matter through my personal lens. My most recent work takes paintings into the centre of a space to interact as standing bodies.
