I live and breathe art. My art is how I can interpret the world. I used to explore my existence through portraits from photographs of myself and friends, but as I grew and started reflecting upon the world around me my creative focus shifted. Melancholic landscapes and other paintings of wildlife helped me explore my feelings surrounding the state of the modern world and my position within it. But as the world changes ever quicker, so has my art grown more surreal.

Born and raised in London, I have always been drawn to nature, yet used to an industrialised environment. Being a teenager during the pandemic left parks as the main space for socialisation, ‘delinquency’ and freedom, which heavily influenced my relationship with these locations. Even when my art practice strays away from wildlife nature still plays a heavy influence on it, organic structures being fundamental to my surreal work.

I have always been drawn to the Gothic and macabre. My ‘surreal’ style of painting innards began in my teens as a way of expressing my struggles with an eating disorder, self destructive behaviours and queer identity. This eventually developed into a way of exploring the value of the body beyond social values, to a spiritual level - celebrating the internal body and the majesty of organic life.

I have lent further and further into the surreal in my art practice. I am increasingly incorporating ornate designs inspired by organic patterns of growth into my work. It brings me back to that flow state that painting allows for, a feeling I was beginning to loose touch with. Painting helps me feel more present in the world. More than ever, with the worlds onslaught of technology, it feels vital to stay present, and passionate, in the moment.