During my second year of art school, in 2014, I had a vision of my future paintings and the direction I needed to take with my art. This came at a time when I had no concept of my signature style. It had remained undiscovered until then. Growing up I had been a photorealistic artist, yet this no longer felt authentic to me. I hadn’t a clue the direction to go - until this moment. Light a lightbulb, this vision provided that clarity and I spent a whole semester working on the first impressions of what would become my signature aesthetic. This artwork was part of those very early works. 

 

To get out of a habitual muscle-memory way of working, I used my left hand to paint this artwork. This allowed me to free flow in an unnatural organic way, against how I had painted until then. I could see the potential of what I was creating. Unfortunately my lectures didn’t have faith in my vision and labelled these early works as “decorative”, but through a stubborn knowing of where I was headed, I persevered.

 

These paintings served as the foundation of all that was to come.