Trinity Catholic College Lismore
Mindfog
Drawing
Pencil and watercolour on cartridge paper
Our consciousness is affected by the paradox that it can be both aware of self and dislocated from it when faced with the seemingly familiar. My body of work intends to explore this paradox, inviting intimacy as the viewer follows the unsettling trajectory of an inner conflict. In representing consciousness (and lack thereof) as a fog – a ‘plaguing’ force – I intensify its ephemeral yet potent nature; it intrudes and can either prove to be a beauty or a hindrance, much like the essence of human thought.
My artmaking practice has been influenced by the study and interpretation of the following artists: Shirley Hughes, Holly Warburton, and Frank Miller.