Motivated by the fragility of autobiographical memory, I reconstruct landscapes and scenes by imagining locations and people from my past. Layers of colour, gesture, line work and mark-making articulate altered perceptions of reality.
Drawing on microscopic and photographic methodologies in laboratories, I reinterpret cell staining techniques through layering washes of vibrant colour and glazes which are similar in hue to cells stains. The final images reflect a biological and scenic intensity that are both intriguing and otherworldly.
Organic forms are partially concealed by fluid brush strokes and semi-familiar objects resemble plants, rocks and imagined creatures. Through the process of painting and drawing I focus on the unreliability of retrieving self-related memories resulting in tiers of complexity, movement and absurdity.
My art practice is determined by the limitations we share as humans in processing information about our environs; every perception, thought or memory is shaped by, and reliant on, our neurophysiology. We continually generate material for the content of our identity through mentally traveling into the past and creating our own personal history. On paper the essence of a person, object or place remains, however the process of recollection is complex, and the resemblance is sometimes elusive.
