I am interested in the matter of our flesh; its origins and destiny in the earth. Figures are featured amongst patterns of dots, flowers, leaves and lines. The viewer may question whether the figures are floating, drowning, or caught, completely still, by the earth's encroachment upon the body's decaying boundaries. The visual result is a play between movement and stillness, blur and focus, and noise and silence.
The process begins with a body being documented by means of a monoprint. After a layer of acrylic paint is brushed onto the skin, the model is laid onto the canvas, leaving a full length body-print. Around this mark I seek to surround the body with beautiful in-betweening, showing the body's fate in both inner and outer worlds.