Everything & Nothing
Oil on canvas
140cm x 100cm
2023
Feelings of being overwhelmed are investigated in this piece via composition and different methods of applying paint. The blank expression of gazing in to the distance provides a cinematic style and sense of ambiguity that makes the viewer understand that something is occurring inside the mind. Traumatic scratches and frustrated brush strokes connote the stressful emotions, whilst the soft textures of the jacket that frame the figure display a desire for comfort and encourage tenderness and empathy from the audience.
While we dream
Oil on canvas
35cm x 35cm
2023
Colour and texture are used to explore feelings of longing in this piece. The building up of thin layers of colour assists in forming a serene and tender image. The blue can be interpreted in a polysemic manner as it can allude to both calm and sadness whilst the warm yellow figure connotes comfort. Abstract forms and colours have been utilised to visually represent a feeling that occurs in the mind and play on ideas of reality versus fantasy. This painting aims to represent feelings that are unable to be explained through words.