Artist's Statement

On Presence, Light and the Figure

My work centres on the human figure, and especially on the female figure, as a way of exploring presence, stillness and the weight an image can hold. I am drawn less to dramatic gesture than to quieter moments: a hand at rest, a shift in posture, the way light settles across skin.

My practice is rooted in the discipline of early Netherlandish painting. Working on panel with West Flemish linen, traditional gesso, egg tempera and oil, I build the image slowly through layered construction and close attention to surface. My background in chemistry informs this process, shaping the way I think about pigments, binders and the long-term behaviour of materials.

Alongside painting, I work with cyanotype, palladiotype and other process-based photographic techniques. Across these media, I am interested in making images that ask for sustained looking, where presence emerges gradually through light, structure and restraint.