My practice is one of an autobiographical, expanded painting process; I employ my painterly skills with drawing and sculpture, usually taking the form of an installation which focuses on being a confessional of sorts. I want my installations to be explosive and alluring, best suited to a gallery space while exploring themes of femininity, motherhood and home within my aesthetic and research.

Specifically, I am intrigued by the insecurities attached to home and place which I have experienced and sought to bring to life through installation and materials. One of my aims is to make the object which I am depicting look as if it has been sugar coated using household paint and sugar. I have created tension between something that appears to be sweet, that is being smothered, somewhat of an overcompensation. Something I feel mothers find themselves doing in a domestic setting to shield their children from familial anxiety.

I have decided to work with materials that would be explicitly used in the home setting and for refuse like gloss paint, house varnish, sugar, honey, wall filler and bin bags. Most of these materials would be used to sanitize or sweeten in the home or in baking. I have found the bin bag an unusually pliable and significant material while making. It evokes a feeling of futility and an end of life, whether that be for an object or losing touch with a place that you once resided.

I take great influence from Louise Bourgeois, her large looming Maman (1999) and her drawings which she brought to life as sculptures. I use drawing as a vehicle to abstract the mundane objects we find throughout the home like tables and chairs, which for me, signify security and some of the important rituals we take part in at home.