My work is informed by conversations, memory and film, which I rework through drawing as a process of repetition, erasure, and material resistance.

Dry media has allowed me to accentuate mark-making and form, using dramatic lines to trace my introspection and curiosity. My charcoals convey a range social relations, from small rituals of gathering to quiet isolation, whether in the presence of others or alone.

I seek to imagine an individual’s unseen thoughts — those instances when attention drifts from the present, unaware of being observed. Time moves quickly; moments of togetherness are fleeting, and physical proximity alone does not convey intimacy. Furthermore, my work explores how fragile human connections can be translated onto paper through charcoal.

The anonymous figures and the motif, akin to the Rükenfigur, (‘back-figure’), allows viewers to project themselves into the image. It recurs throughout my work as a device that invites contemplation, emphasising “the space that extends between the self and the world.” The genre of my drawing’s merges landscape with figurative elements. I hope to reflect the fluid ways we relate to our surrounding environments. I am searching for moments of pause that evoke intangible experiences of ‘the personal,’ including loneliness, self-evaluation, and uncertainty.

My process is physical and embodied; I use my hands, fingers, and tools to scratch, rub, and carve into the surface. I want my drawings to feel animated, as though they are in a state of becoming. Working with soft pastel, I make quick marks, embracing the incidental qualities that arise through re-working. Tactility is key, allowing me to ‘draw out’ ghostly and eerie qualities or presences. Through an interplay of addition and removal, I want to echo the way memories are constantly made and re-made as temporary versions of the past.

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