A Question of Identity
The works shown here are the results of a long-standing fascination with the portrait and how it has come to signify status and a sense of self. By exploring the layered and sometimes conflicting facets of personality, I have deliberately fractured and composed pieces of imagery and texture, bringing them together to construct a face that is both familiar and elusive. Each iteration represents a different influence, memory, or internal voice, inviting viewers to consider how identity is assembled, concealed, or revealed over time. All of these works suggest that selfhood is not a fixed entity but a shifting collage of experiences and perceptions.
80cm x 100cm - Acrylic on Canvas
Mistaken Identity
A painting from a collaged image referencing features from various found images of the human face, depicting a person experiencing an imagined crisis of identity.
Common Denominator #1
The first of two artworks I created using collage as a jumping off point to create this surreal and expressive portrait, blending contrasting halves to explore themes of duality and identity.
21cm x 29.7cm - Coloured Pencil on Heavyweight Cartridge Paper
Common Denominator #2
This, along with it's counterpart, above, captures the intersection of identity and emotion in the depiction of two very different personalities within one portrait.
21cm x 29.7cm - Coloured Pencil on Heavyweight Cartridge Paper
The Harletwins
This was a dual phased project, firstly employing the analogue method of gel plate printing, the portrait is broken down into a simplified arrangement of elements that evoke the essence of the human face.
21cm x 40cm - Gel plate printing on paper, cut and re-assembled
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