Although my work reflects the day-to-day experience of having a mental health issue (MHI), it is more than this. My artworks seek to represent elements on the continuum of human subjectivity to create a commonality between myself as artist, and the viewer, forming into shared emotional experiences. I express what I am feeling via the artwork, and this in turn resonates beyond the act of making as the artwork becomes a discursive object. Each of my pieces reflects specific states of being, conveying basic human emotions.
By using the methodologies of physical expression, spontaneity, gesture, embodiment, flow states and intuitive mark making, in my practice I capture the ever-changing states of being that are common to us all. These states are expressed through free drawing and abstract painting and sculpture. While it is challenging to experience a mental health issue, the relationship between my MHI and creative practices is considered to be a positive one, forming as a necessary catharsis.
