Portal Drawings
Charcoal, acrylic, ink, oil bar and crayon on canvas
59.4 x 84.1 cm
2024
Individual titles:
Martinware
Amphisbaena
Sámi
Liberator Hangs French Colonial Oppressor
Acrylic and ink on canvas
250x80cm
2023
An ink drawing referencing an engraving in An Historical Account of the Black Empire of Hayti by Marcus Raindford, 1805. This engraving depicts the Haitian revolution, which began as a slave rebellion in April 1791 and culminated in the abolition of slavery, freedom from French rule and the formation of an independent republic. The revolution was the only slave uprising that led to the founding of a state which was both free from slavery (though not from forced labour) and ruled by non-whites and former captives.
Ancient Scroll
Acrylic and ink on canvas
200x20cm
2023
Influenced by Chinese Shan Shui paintings and characters from Japanese book: Yokai Manga Parade of Monstrous Creatures. Shan shui paintings have been on my mind since I started my research for my BA dissertation. The paintings are inherently spiritual as the fog and clouds create big areas of emptiness in the paintings surface, invoking the void, a silent element crucial to eastern philosophy and religion.
Experiment
Collage and ink on canvas
70x30cm
2023
Various mixed media drawings
Works on paper, in media including charcoal, collage, ink, acrylic, oil bar, wax crayon, pastel and pencil