faces, mixed media on paper block-mounted, 19.5 x 15cm
Artist’s Statement:
it is curiosity that inspires my work.
i am in the exploratory phase of my art, experimenting, trying new ideas.
i started painting as a gentle journey back to myself through playfulness. an exploration of my paradoxes, my opposites.
i now use creativity to express the overflow of emotions i often feel; an attempt to make sense of this world, to release, to transform and to find the humour in it all.
this year i decided to paint one face a day, for 365 days, and it is keeping me in a constant state of exploration; showing up daily and experimenting incessantly. my first solo exhibition is a selection of these faces, as well as some larger work.
i work quickly and spontaneously from my imagination, often finding the face in the pre-prepared, layered background; the details are sparked from clues and signs from my everyday life, a conversation, a trait, a colour combination.
