Paintings

Voca Me

These paintings are from a new series of large scale post-mortem portraits. I look deeply at the faces of the recently dead, but in doing so, I search for what lives on.

The paintings are both a way to confront death and a kind of liturgy for those I depict. The piece itself is a work of art, but the process of making it is a funeral rite. The scale (4.5 by 6 feet) intentionally makes the artworks immersive and impossible to ignore.

The title of the series comes from Mozart’s Requiem. It translates as “Call me” or “Summon me”. It reflects my hope that when we go, we go because we are called.

No Stopping Me Now

This series is about vulnerability and courage. It portrays women who are facing the world without armour - it’s a moment of heightened awareness and surrender.

These paintings use the Western vocabulary of realism and the nude, but the story is far from traditional. The naked heroine says “yes” to life and steps forward.

Older work

Looking at people – some of them look back.