ARTIST STATEMENT
The Chariot, 2022 is a sacred form of transport; carrying the Self through time and space. In the day-to-day, our body is a
vessel, it holds memory and accumulates our actions as reminders of events in time.
In this body of work, the visceral body is depicted in mundane, repetitive and intimate actions that explore the nature of
gesture through the context of the human body as the holder of memory through time. Depicting layered and sometimes blurred
moments, amplifying flashes of experience, the significance of small gestures are brought to light, aimed at triggering
and eliciting moments of deep-rooted recognition in the viewer.
ARTWORK PROCESS
The intent of this work is to explore how representations of the body can become ‘vessels’ for holding memory through time - much like photography, and through the traditional medium of oil painting, I used photography as a starting point to compose fragments of the body. This allowed me the freedom to consider aesthetic framing and arrangements on screen before indulging in direct making. From the initial influence of Jenny Saville and Louise Hearman, I developed representations of intimate moments that translate experiences and memories
