I paint the inside and outside of my head, through my portraits of other people. Decorative and deceptively brightly coloured, my paint bleeds the sorrow and psyche of everyday disappointment and maternal frustration. Like film sets, or short stories, the figures and objects are heavy with narratives and float with words and images . Imagine the love children of Wes Anderson, Noah Baumbach and Deborah Levy, housed in rooms decorated by Shani Rhys James and Paula Rego, and you’ll find me, in my studio, watching box sets of Lucifer, and reading about Daddy Issues.

PORTRAITS

Other people have alway struck me as being much more themselves, than I ever will be myself. Some of these drawings were made during a life classes at The Royal Drawing School (2018/2019). Some of the were exhibited at The Knapp Gallery, Regent’s University in 2020.

LOCKDOWN DOMESTIC SERIES (2020/2021)

During the Lockdowns of 2020 and 2021 I was reminded of the early days of my son’s life, where I had no space for myself or freedom of movement. Only when I was in the bath, with the door locked, did I feel a moment of centred peace. Published in “Art Herstory and an Interrupted Bath”, in Performing Ethos: International Journal of Ethics in Theatre & Performance edited by Kate Aughterson and Jessica Moriarty (Intellect Publishing) (2022).

MESSY AND ANXIOUS PARENTING DIPTYCH (2019)

So many perfect parents it seems. But maybe they all feel lost and broken, even inadequate, like me. Beyond the blow dry, and spotless home, of course…

THE PROMENADE (2019)

A Visual Record of Sexual Assault in Israel

Published in Drawing Power: Women's Stories of Sexual Violence, Harassment, and Survival ed. Diane Noomin (Abrams Books)

OBJECTS AND SELVES (extracts from The Book of Sarah) (2017-2018)

NARRATIVE DIARY DRAWINGS

I draw on a Monday in my studio, to remember the adventures we had the weekend before. Some of the drawings were featured in Mom Egg Review (2018) and Studies in the Maternal (2019).