04/02/2026
Look At Me
Paint skin (sheet of acrylic paint removed from a substrate), urethane, crushed garnet, chemically oxidised copper leaf, 3/4 inch jute rope mounted on wire armature and cradled panel.
2025
Warning- I’m sharing quite a bit here!
This piece was created shortly before I shut down my studio to focus on moving to Glasgow (I finished this piece in late February of last year). I never really got a chance to sit with this piece and contemplate what it meant for me. I’m primarily a process driven artist, which means I’m working through feelings that I don’t fully understand while I’m creating.
I had originally (and in my haste) decided this piece was about my abusive relationship with my mother. But with the recent drop of the Epstein files, and the inevitable exposure to an enormous amount of the content within the files has had me experiencing immense anxiety. This has had me reflecting on my 3 years of therapy surrounding my personal experiences with r*pe and sexual assault, and how close I came to being trafficked…
This piece was made right after my therapy had come to a natural stopping point, and I was feeling quite lost and a bit unsure of where to go within my work.
I sobbed making this piece, and as I reflect on it, I’m realising this is myself. This is what lives within me, what I battle with. 17 year old me was shattered, and no one ever saw it. I desperately wanted someone to look at me, to help me. Ultimately, I was the only person who could help me, but the support I’ve gotten from people close to me has helped me to come to terms with my past, and I owe those people my life. ❤️
The anxiety I’ve been feeling is turning to rage. It’s time to make more work that makes me and the viewer uncomfortable, because it’s in discomfort that we will connect. Or not.
Take care of yourself xx
