Acrylic on Canvas, 36” x 24”
My 2025 painting, Tigers (Wishing I could hide from adulthood behind funky face paint) is a front facing figurative painting of two young children in an empty seated area.
Through bright colours and blocky strokes, the two children sit among chairs and purple leaves with orange tiger designs painted across their faces. With hidden identities the girl on the left looks out to the viewer, wide eyed with and engaging smile, while the boy on the right looks down in a calm, comfortable state. This domestic scene appears to be a quiet outdoor space or garden area: reflecting a peaceful serenity as well as innocence. With an empty backgroundthe canvas is filled with the relationship between the two children.
Negative space and linework guide us round the image, encouraging one own memories and experiences to fill the pink void. The pink underpainting luminates through layers of blues, purples and oranges, creating a dreamlike atmosphere with a 2000’s naïve edge.
With themes of identity, growth, childhood and relationships rippling through the painting, I hope the audience connect with their own ideas of nostalgia.
Acrylic on Canvas, 36” x 24”
My 2025 painting, Tigers (Wishing I could hide from adulthood behind funky face paint) is a front facing figurative painting of two young children in an empty seated area.
Through bright colours and blocky strokes, the two children sit among chairs and purple leaves with orange tiger designs painted across their faces. With hidden identities the girl on the left looks out to the viewer, wide eyed with and engaging smile, while the boy on the right looks down in a calm, comfortable state. This domestic scene appears to be a quiet outdoor space or garden area: reflecting a peaceful serenity as well as innocence. With an empty backgroundthe canvas is filled with the relationship between the two children.
Negative space and linework guide us round the image, encouraging one own memories and experiences to fill the pink void. The pink underpainting luminates through layers of blues, purples and oranges, creating a dreamlike atmosphere with a 2000’s naïve edge.
With themes of identity, growth, childhood and relationships rippling through the painting, I hope the audience connect with their own ideas of nostalgia.