Installation
The Roses In My My Closet (Installation)
On my baby Grand Tour, in August of 2018, by celestial serendipity, I met a French portrait painter, who trained and practices in Florence. His offer to paint my portrait was the catalyst of my ongoing practice - commissioning this single person to... More
Painting
Portrait of the Artist as the Painter
To engage in play with the popular image of 'the artist,' which looks nothing like my studio practice, I dressed and posed in the image of the 'great' painter. Painted in duality with another portrait of the same size, teasing through the the... More
Painting
Patron Saint of Myself (Portrait of the Artist After Fra FIlippo Lippi)
Nine of the ten performances for my portraits worked from live sittings in Florence, between August 2018 and April 2019. Before each sitting, I would visit the Uffizi, to draw inspiration in tone and expression from a classically-charged painting.... More
Painting
Obvious Prophecies (Portrait of the Artist After Synagoga)
My work is centred around themes of nostalgia, longing, and unlocking myself from a particular moment in time. I erase myself from a specific moment by locating my image in a lost representation between classical and romantic movements. With... More
Painting